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The situation:
- There is a windows 7 machine that can connect to internet only through an organisation's proxy.
- I have no control over the proxy servers.
- There is a single administrator account on the machine, and I do not wish to set up a limited account.
Question:
- How can certain domains be blocked, so that the user can not access them without some unblocking?
- The user is non technical and is not adamant, hence simple solutions should work effectively.
Issues:
- Hosts file doesn't work since all requests are routed through proxy server.
- Configuring the existing proxy is the easiest thing but I'm not allowed access.
- Firewall, parental control in Antivirus ( I've tried just trend micro) and blocking from internet options all dont work.
Options:
- Having to install a software is OK.
- Any pointers to achieving this using some kind of scripting are OK. ( intercepting all GET/POST requests and rerouting on pattern matching)
Mahesh
Posted 2012-10-11T11:12:19.017
Reputation: 205
What version of Windows? – CharlieRB – 2012-10-11T11:29:37.027
Windows 7. just edited the question. – Mahesh – 2012-10-11T11:33:36.200
If you edit the hosts file to point such addresses to the localhost it should effectively block them. – Lizz – 2012-12-14T06:09:48.407