# Block certain sites

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-certain-sites/1701>\
**Category:** Closed or Out Of Scope\
**Created:** [February 12, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-certain-sites/1701 "2017-02-12T14:36:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![spacemonkey](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@spacemonkey](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/spacemonkey)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-certain-sites/1701/5 "2017-02-13T08:32:42Z")

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> [@Mcat12](#):
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> Also, it would require that the domain be blocked so that the request is forwarded to the Pi-hole's web server.

I have seen this used in a dns blocker package in pfsense, that reveals in it's log page, the url part of the blocked request, which imho is a privacy concern. I use Pi-Hole for it's simplicity - it is a lean, mean machine so to speak. It has made my internet noticeably faster.

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