The simplest way I can think of to achieve this is to use squid (proxy
server) and squidGuard. You can set Squid up as a transparent proxy so that
is automatically intercepts all calls on port 80. Squid Guard is very
configurable and can block/allow site by user, time or ip address. You can
even set squid to validate users from your SMB user database if you're using
SMB.
The best thing about it is that it's free and it works brilliantly!
Mark
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From: "Anke & Max" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] internet monitoring
> Paul Kraus asked on Thursday
>
>
> > Is there a way to setup up Linux so that it restricts access to all
> > internet sites that I don't specify? Can this be done an a
> > user/usergroup setting. Example. I only want some people to only be able
> > to access. www.cnet.com (and all child sites www.cnet.com/*.* ) and I
> > want management to be able to access 5 or 6 more sites. Can I do this
> > with a Linux box between my network and my dsl router? Can I also set it
> > up to had out ip addresses? There is windows software (surf control)
> > that does this same thing but it cost around 2 grand and then you have
> > to have another win2k server setup so all of a sudden my cost for this
> > little task is around 5 thousand.
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