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blocking certain users access to the internet - how?

Kim Knudsen

blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« on: August 28, 2003, 05:06:57 PM »
Hi,

I need to block internet access for some of the users on ny network, but I'm not sure how to do it?Plz. help

We are running SME 5.6u4 in server-gateway mode.

Thnx ind advance

nimmer

Byte

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2003, 06:47:51 PM »
Using squid proxy if you search here using squid proxy you will find that this has been posted before

Kim Knudsen

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2003, 09:45:31 PM »
I might need a bit more help than "using squid proxy".

I'm still quite a newbie to many linux commands, terms etc.

nimmer

Greg Zartman

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2003, 10:08:21 PM »
I'm sure you could do this with Squidguard or Dansguardian.

I think Stephan Noble put together a Dansguardian contrib for SME 5.6.  Have a look at dungog.net

Greg Zartman

Del

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2003, 12:08:03 AM »
Look on contribs.org Cyrus Bharda has Squidguard there.

steve

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2003, 01:25:53 AM »
give the machines a bogus default gateway
that'll fix em

wykyd

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2003, 08:42:30 AM »
LOL yeah, that would be the easy way, if they are not to tech savy they would not figure it out either.

Schotty

Re: blocking certain users access to the internet - how?
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2003, 02:09:32 PM »
and "if they are not to tech savy" then they shouldnt be trying to do something like this right?