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How to block a specific IP?
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I need to block the eBay IPs on my computer. Where/how can I do that? The goal is not to be able to access eBay.de from my Mac.
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Just use a hosts file to resolve ebay.de to 0.0.0.0.
eBay is huge, as you may have noticed. They probably have thousands of IPs you'd have to block.
Also, if this is to keep others from accessing eBay, just use Tiger's parental controls to restrict access.
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Meh, parental controls don't work in this case, 'cause I need to block it for me = admin acct.
I did some searches on google regarding the host file solution, but I could not find any useful info. Can you halp me out? I figure this isn't too much word to do, is it?
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The hosts file resides at /etc/hosts
Just type "man hosts" in the terminal to get the help on it, and then use your preferred text editor to edit the hosts file appropriately.
I think the entry you want is:
"0.0.0.0 ebay.de"
but it's been a while since I messed with hosts files, so check before you act!
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Come to think of it, I don't think that'll work. I think OS X still looks at NetInfo first, so you have to juggle around the DNS resolver first, or just use NI to set the entry you need.
Perhaps someone else with more experience with this can chime in with the exact commands?
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I'd reroute the blocked site(s) to 127.0.0.1 rather than 0.0.0.0, if only to avoid getting an error message about an invalid IP.
Otherwise, I don't know which direction the OS goes first in resolving a URL, so I can't be helpful.
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I used /etc/hosts to block forums.macnn.com for a while last year when I really was wasting too much time on here. Redirecting it to 127.0.0.1 worked. However, I think that was on Panther. Not sure if anything's changed since then, but it's certainly worth a try.
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Originally Posted by andreas_g4
I need to block the eBay IPs on my computer. Where/how can I do that? The goal is not to be able to access eBay.de from my Mac.
are u looking for something similar to this.It's open source but can only find a windows version
http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
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/etc/hosts will override NetInfo will override DNS, IIRC. (This is in 10.4.x.)
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