How can I block all but a few websites on a raspberry pi?
How can I block all but a few websites on a raspberry pi? I have created a PI for my children and I need to limit internet access to all but a few sites.
I have tried installing "privoxy" and creating a WHITELIST / BLACKLIST in section 4 of the config file
https://www.privoxy.org/faq/configuration.html
- 3.27. Can I set-up Privoxy as a whitelist of "good" sites?
However when I reboot the PI and attempt any site not in the white list I am able to browse the site.
I took this directly from the documentation and have tired it with and without the "{" wrapping the +block command.
Can anybody help me understand what I am doing wrong?
I have tried installing "privoxy" and creating a WHITELIST / BLACKLIST in section 4 of the config file
https://www.privoxy.org/faq/configuration.html
- 3.27. Can I set-up Privoxy as a whitelist of "good" sites?
However when I reboot the PI and attempt any site not in the white list I am able to browse the site.
I took this directly from the documentation and have tired it with and without the "{" wrapping the +block command.
############################################################
# Blacklist
############################################################
{ +block }
/ # Block *all* URLs
############################################################
# Whitelist
############################################################
{ -block }
kids.example.com
toys.example.com
games.example.com
Can anybody help me understand what I am doing wrong?
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Thank you Dr. Do you or anybody know how I can just block all internet traffic except a handful of sites on a Raspberry PI?
Not an idea, but I'm sure someone will have a solution for you.
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I added this, but still no luck, from what I understand this points the chromium browser to the local host.
chromium-browser --proxy-server="127.0.0.1"
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I figured out how to to this on his MacBook in about 2 minutes.
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In Firefox, look under Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Connection > Settings. If you are lucky you will be able to use the Automatic Detection option; if not, you will need to configure the proxy settings using information from the privoxy setup.
Note that this setting can be un-set just as easily as it is set up by anyone using Firefox. For whole-system filtering which cannot be bypassed a different solution is needed.