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I have added a site in my hosts file but its not working, please view the pics.

My Hosts file

 127.0.0.1       localhost
 127.0.1.1       Ubuntu.local    Ubuntu
 127.0.0.1       dailymotion.com *.dailymotion.com http://www.dailymotion.com*
 # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
 ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
 fe00::0 ip6-localnet
 ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
 ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
 ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

As added in hosts file the site is blocked enter image description here

Copy Paste The Video Link ....Site is not Block enter image description here

How do i block each and every link that has http://dailymotion.com/

I have tried with 0.0.0.0 dailymotion.com to hosts file, nothing work..But in Windows 7 & Windows 8 its working perfectly

Not interested in weird iptables commands

Thanks

Thanks to Achu

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Qasim
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  • You have to look where the video is coming from. My guess would by youtube. You probably want to use a web proxy such as privoxy or squid, but configuration can be a bit complicated. Hard to know without knowing where the video is from (Go under Tools -> Web Developer -> Page source and see if you can determine where the video is coming from). Also know that you can call content by server_name.com or ip address. If the content is called by ip address your hosts file will not work. – Panther Apr 25 '13 at 18:58
  • 1st of the duplicate question is very old and i want to block it , @bodhi.zazen ok let me check and update ...thanks all – Qasim Apr 25 '13 at 19:06
  • why the same stuff is working in windows 7 and in windows 8 ??? hosts file – Qasim Apr 25 '13 at 19:06
  • youtube is already blocked in my country – Qasim Apr 25 '13 at 19:08
  • Globs and URLs do not work in /etc/hosts. Also, you do not want to list the same IP multiple times, with different domains. You want to use a firewall to block sites, and something like gufw might help you configure it. – dobey Apr 25 '13 at 19:14
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    @XxxXxx please try this way 127.0.0.1 www.dailymotion.com 127.0.0.1 dailymotion.com 127.0.0.1 *.dmcdn.net 127.0.0.1 dmcdn.net put them on each line. i saw videos come from dmcd.net – Achu Apr 25 '13 at 19:16
  • @XxxXxx good. i will put that as an answer. – Achu Apr 25 '13 at 19:21
  • ok i m waiting.... – Qasim Apr 25 '13 at 19:21

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Please put this way 

127.0.0.1 www.dailymotion.com 
127.0.0.1 dailymotion.com 
127.0.0.1 *.dmcdn.net 
127.0.0.1 dmcdn.net

I can see that dailymotion video's comes from dmcd.net

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