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Re: Central HOSTS file?


  • Subject: Re: Central HOSTS file?
  • From: "Dave Ward" <DFHWukha@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:14:46 -0000

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Quinten Uijldert"
<yahoogroups2@...>
wrote:
>
> >I want to control access to some sites on our home LAN.
> >
> > I can edit the HOSTS file on each individual machine, but is
there
a way
> > to
> > hold a central HOSTS file on my server and point each machine to
it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > M.
>
> I would of course suggest using a *cough* linux server *cough*, but
knowing
> how much you and the penguin get along, I'll suggest something
slightly
> different instead ;)
>
> I'm pretty sure you have a windows server running 24/7, so why not
install
> VMWare and run a linux distro (any will do) in that?  In the Virtual
Machine
> you can then use something dead simple to use and configure like
dnsmasq,
> which will act as a DNS, forwarding DNS and DHCP server.
>
> Q.
>


Or the now free ready to go Astao Security Gateway  Virtual machine
http://www.astaro.com/downloads/software

Not tried it yet myself

Dave







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