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Deny access to a web page
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Posted by: Waffles
Alright, here's what I'm trying to do:
My brother knows that I have an online journal, and I don't want him to read it :-p
So I have done a bit of research about blocking a specific web address on a certain computer. I know you can use the content management settings in IE to block a website, but in Windows XP, a window pops up that says the page has been blocked when you try to visit it. I don't want it to do that. All I want it to do is maybe show a 404 error or just the about:blank screen when he tries to get to that address.
I have also tried adding the entry to the hosts file, but that blocks the entire domain. For example, I can't add www.livejournal.com/users/*name* in the hosts file and have it block that specific address. I can add www.livejournal.com, but that blocks the whole thing and I can't have it do that.
So I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of this being possible the way I want to do it. There must be a registry key I can add that will just redirect the site when it's tryped in. I just don't know where that key could be. 
Any help would be great. Thanks
Posted by: redwench
that certainly wont keep him from accessing it from somewhere else. and hell know the page has been redirected, might as well let the blocked popup come up. and thats impractical if you use the same computer, obviously.
now, the real question is, why would you post a journal in a very public place deliberately, but expect to be able to keep someone that knows about it from reading it? dont post private stuff online if you want to keep it private.
Posted by: RAcastClarke
Heh, you could make a journal on this message board
<-- over there
and just make all the entires 'private' don't know what it does, but at least it will probably keep it somewhat private.
Posted by: Waffles
redwench, I realized before I even started thinking about this that he can get at it from another computer. But he only uses one computer for everything. As for him knowing it is being redirected, he doesn't know a damn thing about computer and will just think that its down. We use different computers, but the computer he uses is also mine and I have full Admin access to it, so I can do whatever I want to it.
As for why I post private information in a journal, I don't. I post things about my life or what I am feeling, and when I created the journal it was to be for my friends only. I want to keep it that way.
I shouldn't be explaining any of this to you, because that isn't what I asked for. I asked if anyone knew how to accomplish this, regardless of the situation. I still am looking for the answer.
Thanks.
Posted by: NegotiatorSmith
Well, if you want only your friends to read it, a possible solution is right here and doesn't require any tinkering in the registry:
http://www.livejournal.com/support/...se.bml?faqid=24
Posted by: redwench
if its for your friends only, email it to them or put it on a passworded site.
Posted by: Waffles
I could do that, but only a few of my friends have journals as well, so they still wouldn't be able to see them.
I could probably put the concept I am trying to figure out to use for other things as well besides just my journal. I'm still looking around for an answer.
I was thinking maybe setting up a free proxy server setup on my server computer that the internet runs through and then just block the site through the proxy, but I still don't know of that would work. I can't seem to find an easy to use, free proxy that I can block sites with either.
I guess thats my last try.
Any ideas?
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