[K12OSN] OT: Limit Network Access by time

[Quentin Hartman]

On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 02:46, Steve Wright wrote:
> trust me, it will be easier to write a cron job than hack squid to suit,
> although squid is probably the 'proper' way to do it.  You users will
> get a rather terse reply from squid when they hit their timelimit, while
> the iptables+cron solution - their access will simply stop working. 
> (you might change sq to reply with "good-night boys and girls  ;;;-)

In addition to turning off internet access with the cron job, you can
also make it add a firewall rule that redirects all attempts at web
access to a local http server serving up a simple "go to bed!" page. It
would be similar in theory to the redirects used to setup transparent
squid proxies and whatnot. That would make it seem more official and
friendly rather than having web access just suddenly disappear.

-- 
   -Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-

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Fern Ridge School District 28J
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