Don’t think you can since your computer doesn’t make a distinction.
You don’t need a firewall. Just to go your “Tools” and then “Options” and you can block anything you want.
off hand I think your sol. However if you use a proxy server to view the ed vids you may be able to view the content while blocking the utube site.
Does McAfee have an exception feature? So you block a general url (e.g. youtube.com) but you let exceptions thru (i.e. a specific youtube url to the content you want to view)?
Embedded video still originates at Youtube.
Unless the video originates at a different site, blocking Youtube should also block the embedded as well.
I’m not sure a firewall will do what you want. It will either block the source or allow it.
Why not just use a video downloader and download the videos you want? There are about a jillion download programs, including Firefox andf IE add-ons, and most of ‘em are free.
I don’t know what kind of router you have, but the one I have (LinkSys) allows granular filtering where you can allow certian pages even if you have a whole site blocked.
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro has a parental control feature that lets you do sort of the same thing, only I haven’t tried to use it so I can’t vouch for how well it might work. Additionally, I’m disappointed with the quality of that product in general. I will be buying somethng else when my subscription runs out because I’ve had nothing but trouble with my internet applications since I got it. I’ve had to turn off the web tool bar and the email scanning because it didn’t play nice.
Children under 16 shouldn't have access to the internet in a private room (family room is ok) unless there is supervision.
Don't try to get a technical fix for something that is a moral issue.
And yes, there is a way to do what you want. Set up a linux box as a gateway with 2 network ports and use ipchains or iptables to block direct links to YouTube, while allowing embedded links. You'll need to write some code to parse the headers and hook into iptables.
The complete answer is, of course, left to the student. (hand wave)
/johnny
You need to allow, rather than block. What’s bad about that is having to allow everything means you can miss a lot and not let it in. Whereas blocking is easy but too much gets blocked.
Web filtering decision trees suck - they’re more like stumps than trees.
On the other hand, it’s a golden opportunity for any programmer who wants to sit down and work out the code demons.
You either block it or you don’t.
If you’re using Windows:
UAC and http://blogmines.com/blog/2007/06/13/windows-vista-how-to-block-websites-using-parental-control/
look at opendns.org I think it will do what you want
The easiest solution may be for you to to forget about punching holes in your firewall and just download the YouTube videos as FLV files using Download Helper for Firefox, and play them locally using something like VLC media player.
With Linux you can control the built in firewall to do just about anything you want, I use Ubuntu, the programming doesn’t look to complicated, but I sure with some trial and error you can manage.