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Dr_Chroot
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by Dr_Chroot » Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:47 pm
hostblock
Easy to use cli app for restricting domains via the /etc/hosts file.
When you unblock or a remove a domain you'll be asked to enter a mildly annoying random passphrase to give you a chance to reconsider if you really want to read go read lianhonghong.
Must be run as sudo as it needs to write to /etc/hosts!
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wuxmedia
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by wuxmedia » Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:10 am
heh - might run those exact commands on some office servers :)
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dkeg
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by dkeg » Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:09 pm
Ha! Pretty neat tool I guess.
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