Ubuntu Hosts file

[iggy pop]

Is it possible to configure the Ubuntu Hosts file in order to block any sites a user may regard as undesirable from contacting you? If so, how? Thanks

[kerry_s]

yeap, i use a hosts block list(mvp).

just open /etc/hosts as root(gksudo) and add your lines.

[iggy pop]

Thanks for the reply kerry_s

[i.r.id10t]

The hosts file will control what your computer can connect to, not how others connect to yours...

[mikewhatever]

Shouldn't you be looking at /etc/hosts.deny?