Web Browsers

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "david" <davidh at niitsa.com>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 3:52 AM
Subject: Web Browsers


> Hi all,
>
>
> Is there any way to disable all browsers in linux so that they cant
> access
> the internet via the network???
>
>
> We are using a router but linux has so many browsers that it by passes
> the
> proxy server that I hav set using squid.
>
>
> Any help very appreciated
> david

Two solutions come to mind.  Either rpm -e each of the borwsers (Mozilla,
Konquerer, etc.) or just throw up an iptables rule like this on each Linux
workstation:

iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j REJECT

To make it permanent run the commands:

service iptables save
chkconfig iptables on

HTH
Thomas