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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: Fluke on April 07, 2011, 08:08:43 AM

Title: How a novice can defeat website filtering in four easy steps
Post by: Fluke on April 07, 2011, 08:08:43 AM

>>EDITED because I found out that this is even easier than I first realized<<

Assuming you have blocked Facebook, here's how a user can access Facebook:

Step 1) Use Google Chrome.
Step 2) Type  facebook  into the address bar
Step 3) Select  "facebook login"  from the drop-down list that appears
Step 4) Click the link and log in

Awful. This is true of the routers I've tried from Cisco, Netgear, and D-Link.

Try it and see.

Title: Re: How to defeat website filtering in one easy step
Post by: FurryNutz on April 07, 2011, 08:41:06 AM

How did you set up the router to block FB?

You could use a 3rd party DNS service and block or manage it there, or edit the host file on the PC to block FB however that would be more of a permanent solution.  ;D