the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 12/11/2015 09:05 PM, Simon Thelen wrote: >> On 15-12-11 at 20:03, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> Does anybody have an idea how to block facebook? >> The only way to blacklist facebook would be to create a whitelist and >> drop everything not on said whitelist. >> >> If you block DNS, they can use a different DNS server. If you block IP >> addresses they'll use a proxy/vpn. If you use deep packet inspection >> they'll use TLS or a VPN or an SSH tunnel. >> >> If you can control the systems so that they don't do any of the above, >> it's possible but you've admitted that you can't (unless you can >> control all the Virtualbox instances). > The users are not that knowledgeable to do any of that DNS, proxy/vpn etc. > I know VirtualBox IP address and can block the page "facebook" for > individual IP or certain range in dd-wrt. But my problem is getting the > dd-wrt "access control" to recognize and block "https". > Trying to block by URL: https://www.facebook.com/ doesn't work. > > -- > Thelma > > >
They may not now but I just did a quick search on startpage on how to unblock facebook and I got a ton of hits including videos on youtube. They may not know how right now but after you block it, they will shortly after. On the plus side, you may have some budding computer geeks coming along. Anyone else remember those parental control programs that rarely if ever worked? ROFL Most teens could get past those in seconds if not a minute or two. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
