Try "smoothwall" ...> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:46:03 -0600> From:
br...@wolff.to> To: ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> CC: fedora-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: firewall url filter> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 00:08:28 +1030,>
Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:> > On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 09:38 +0100,
roland wrote:> > > The client wants to prevent users to connect to sex sites.>
> >> > > Can I use the fedora-box as a firewall, filtering several url's or > >
> filtering several keywords?> > > > You can do that sort of thing. A
simplistic overview of how is:> > > > Use the firewall to block direct the
browsers directly connecting to any> > website (i.e. all outgoing connections
to port 80). That'll stop nearly> > all web browsing, other than sites on other
unusual ports. It's not a> > 100% catchall, but probably 99%.> > That doesn't
catch https connections. Of course the firewall wouldn't> be able to check URLs
in that case anyways.> > Depending on the requirements it may be best to block
all direct access> to the outside from the clients machines and only allow
access through> a proxy.> > If there is a know set of web pages they should
have access to then they> can use a whitelist to only allow connections to
those web sites. If not,> trying to block undesirable sites isn't an easy
problem to solve in> general.> > -- > fedora-list mailing list>
fedora-list@redhat.com> To unsubscribe:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list> Guidelines:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect.
http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009
--
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@redhat.com
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
