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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Richard Brown wrote: >> Hi >> >> On 20 Jul 2009, at 11:19, Terry Hill wrote: >> >> >>> Is it possible to temporary block a user accessing the internet using >>> a netgear 834dg please? >>> >>> Tell us a bit more Richard, it may help us to hone in on what you >>> need. >>> >>> >> I work at an office where occasionally another bloke brings his son in >> and promptly dumps in him front of a computer. He is not allowed to >> access the internet but as soon as his dad's back is turned - he fires >> up internet grabbing resource hungry stupid flash games. >> >> The guy has said dump him off by all means - and I would love to! >> >> Rich >> > Well with a proxy server (maybe an IPCop box or something like that) you > could block access to such sites, ideally I guess you could do with > something running Squidguard or Dansguardian. That way you could > specify that games sites are blocked. Or maybe if you could find out > what sites they are, add them to the hosts file and point them to 127.0.0.1 > > I assume it's a Windows XP/Vista box? > > In which case the hosts file can be found in > C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts > > (assuming Windows is installed on the C: drive). > > An example of this which you can use to block the sites is... > > 127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com > > Put the destination IP address first, then the web site and then every > time something requests the site it will point to 127.0.0.1 > > Rob > > the way I see thingsm, if your company policy was to sack you for accessing inappropriate material, and YOU left you computer logged in and went somewhere, meanwhile someone accessed a porn site via YOUR account, it is YOUR account and therefor YOU are responsible for what happens while you are logged in. You are therefore sacked. It is YOUR fault. Esp if you are told and shown countless times to lock the sesssion or log out and NOT to allow others to log in or give out your login and password. Perhaps the comapny needs such a policy perhaps it exists and needs enforcing, clearly you are intending to implement some sort of filtering, but perhaps you need to remind his dad of the computer misuse act, as if his son tries to get round such measures, that could be in breach of the computer misuse act. and its his dad not hte son who can be prosecuted. what else can he access, what will happen if a flash game installs a virus, that steals data, the company could get sued by the person who has entrusted them with their data, or Perhaps you should look at you computer access policy or acceptable use policy, and ensure its clear and can cover you. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Meetings 1st Saturday of the month - Shoreline, Paignton from 3pm Software freedom day 2009 - Saturday 19th September 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpkvToACgkQaggq1k2FJq1OJQCfdv6Ucd5qg9NnEjrDrA5hL53P UuMAoIDFiRkHUmutW248I0QOHGSseBmh =JO6H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html