how to block country domains?

[Stern]

hey there, I was wondering if there is some simple way to, for example, block the entire *.ru domain on my PC so that any requests to there just get sent straight to 127.0.0.1

Anyone know a way of doing this? It doesn't sound that hard to me, but I don't know where to start.

Thanks!

 

[Stern]

Oh by the way, after several google searches, might I add that I am not looking for a way to do this in apache or any other specific software. I just want any dns lookup for .ru to go to 127.0.0.1
I assume I need to edit my hosts file but I've tried a few ways that don't seem to work. I'm using www.google.ru to test.

 

[neit]

i'm pretty sure opendns will let you create an (free) account that lets you set up customfilters, then set your pc or router to use their dns servers.

 

[Stern]

Isn't it possible to set it up locally somehow?

 

[Nothinman]

The hosts file is the only thing consulted for local resolution unless you setup your own DNS server and AFAIK hosts files don't support any kind of wildcarding.