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Networking - DNS - Safe searching - YouTube

Add a CNAME for the following records:

For Strict Restricted YouTube access

Add restrict.youtube.com as a CNAME for these domains:

NOTE: You may need to add a www.youtube.com zone and provide an A record override for each of these to 216.239.38.120 (restrict.youtube.com).

NOTE: Using a Hosts file

Add in the below line:

/etc/hosts
216.239.38.120     www.youtube.com              #restrict.youtube.com
216.239.38.120     m.youtube.com                #restrict.youtube.com
216.239.38.120     youtubei.googleapis.com      #restrict.youtube.com
216.239.38.120     youtube.googleapis.com       #restrict.youtube.com
216.239.38.120     www.youtube-nocookie.com     #restrict.youtube.com

For Moderate Restricted YouTube access

Add restrictmoderate.youtube.com as a CNAME for these domains:

NOTE: You may need to add a www.youtube.com zone and provide an A record override for each of these to 216.239.38.119 (restrictmoderate).

NOTE: Using a Hosts file

Add in the below line:

/etc/hosts
216.239.38.119     www.youtube.com              #restrictmoderate.youtube.com
216.239.38.119     m.youtube.com                #restrictmoderate.youtube.com
216.239.38.119     youtubei.googleapis.com      #restrictmoderate.youtube.com
216.239.38.119     youtube.googleapis.com       #restrictmoderate.youtube.com
216.239.38.119     www.youtube-nocookie.com     #restrictmoderate.youtube.com

NOTE: Remember to clear your DNS cache to allow the new rules to work.