How to Block Websites in Linux using /etc/hosts file

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Published on November 22, 2014 12:01:05 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujdu5ggCRAQ

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Tutorial on Blocking DNS queries with /etc/hosts, this applies to any Linux Distro whether its Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, etc... Linux Mint comes with a handy GUI tool called Mint Nanny which you can use instead of this method.
It can be easily circumvented by hand if you know the IP address of a website, but for blocking an automated app /etc/hosts is perfectly fine.

Terminal Commands:
sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.old
sudo nano /etc/hosts

Or for using a GUI tool:
sudo -H gedit /etc/hosts

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