blocking all but 1 or 2 websites

[callmebadger]

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hi all

i am hoping to block access to all websites but say moshimonsters and weebles, with the option of adding more in the future if so needed.

i am an absolute beginner so makes sense to post it here.

I have looked through other posts but as I am so green i dont really no what to search for in the first place.

so far i have come accross terminal code, gnome nanny, Dansguardian and various combinations with squid.
can u think of anymore?? in order to make the computer safe for my kids. it will only be used for games and moshi and weebles.

what i really would like is help to narrow down my options.
then help on how to.
thank you.:-k

[callmebadger]

Re: please advice will it work or will it do damage?


just taking a look at squib at the moment
i was planning on combining info from two sources does anybody know if this would work.
what i write below is not sure to work so please dont use it unless someone says it is good as i am a noob and just grasping at straws. lol

the first is of ubuntu and was planning to use some with some of the info on linuxquestions this is how it is on there, but below is how i was planning to use this information for my kids pc.
please advice

.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-set...in-ubuntu.html
Install Squid

Install squid and squid-common

sudo aptitude install squid squid-common

Edit the squid config file.

sudo vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

Set the allowed hosts.

acl internal_network src 192.168.0.0/24 (Where 192.168.0.0/24 is your IP range.)
http_access allow internal_network

Set the correct permissions.

sudo chown -R proxyroxy /var/log/squid/
sudo chown proxyroxy /etc/squid/squid.conf

You will need to restart squid for the changes to take affect.

sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart

Now open up your browser and set your proxy to point to your new squid server on port 3128

Authentication

If you wish to use authentication with your proxy you will need to install apache2 utilities

sudo aptitude install squid squid-common apache2-utils

To add your first user you will need to specify -c

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/squid.passwd first_user

Thereafter you add new users with

sudo htpasswd /etc/squid.passwd another_user

Edit the squid config file

sudo vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

Set the the authentication parameters and the acl

auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid.passwd
auth_param basic children 5
auth_param basic realm NFYE Squid proxy-caching web server
auth_param basic credentialsttl 3 hours
auth_param basic casesensitive off

acl users proxy_auth REQUIRED

acl sectionx proxy_auth REQUIRED

http_access allow users

So this is what your squid.conf should look like.

acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
acl internal_network src 192.168.0.0/24
acl users proxy_auth REQUIRED
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
acl SSL_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
acl SSL_ports port 873 # rsync
acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
acl Safe_ports port 631 # cups
acl Safe_ports port 873 # rsync
acl Safe_ports port 901 # SWAT
acl sectionx proxy_auth REQUIRED
acl purge method PURGE
acl CONNECT method CONNECT

http_access allow manager localhost
http_access allow users
http_access allow internal_network
http_access deny manager
http_access allow purge localhost
http_access deny purge
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access allow localhost
http_access deny all
http_reply_access allow all
icp_access allow all

Redirect the all HTTP traffic.

If you would like to redirect the all HTTP traffic through the proxy without needing to set up a proxy manually in all your applications you will need to add some rules

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.1:3128
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128

Where eth1,eth0 are the LAN, WAN devices and 192.168.0.1 is the IP address of your LAN device.

If you wish to monitor the performance of your proxy you can look as some log parser’s (sarg, calamaris, ect.)





.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/squid-to-block-all-sites-except-1-or-2-sites-573655/

who ever asked for content filtering??? you appear to just be advertising your own project, not answering the question at hand.

winxandlinx you can do exactly what you want very very simply with squid. there is no need whatsoever to use other tools in conjunction with it. you just want a dstdomain whitelist and permit everything in that whitelist and then follow up with a blanket deny after it.


acl whitelist dstdomain .google.com .mycompany.com
acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0

http_access permit whitelist
http_access deny all




here is what i was planning to do.
Install Squid

Install squid and squid-common

sudo aptitude install squid squid-common

Edit the squid config file.

sudo vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

acl whitelist dstdomain .moshimonsters.com .binweevils.com
acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0

http_access permit whitelist
http_access deny all

will this work?
does it need more adding?

thank you

ps will this make changes to to the admin account, as i want to still be able to use it to go onto the net
pss will this stop me from downloading more games through ubuntu software centre

[callmebadger]

got this at this point
acl whitelist dstdomain .moshimonsters.com .binweevils.com .linuxforums.org ubuntuforums.org .ubuntuforums.org
No command 'acl' found, did you mean:
Command 'alc' from package 'amule-utils-gui' (universe)
Command 'alc' from package 'amule-adunanza-utils-gui' (universe)
Command 'cal' from package 'bsdmainutils' (main)
Command 'ace' from package 'libace-perl' (universe)
Command 'ack' from package 'ack' (universe)
Command 'acm' from package 'acm' (universe)
Command 'cl' from package 'cl-launch' (universe)
Command 'mcl' from package 'mcl' (universe)
Command 'ac' from package 'acct' (main)
Command 'al' from package 'mono-devel' (main)
Command 'gcl' from package 'gcl' (universe)
Command 'bcl' from package 'bash-completion-lib' (universe)
Command 'acl2' from package 'acl2' (universe)
Command 'axl' from package 'afnix' (universe)
acl: command not found

[elija]

Never tried this (don't have kids) but a possibly simpler way would be to use opendns (OpenDNS | DNS-Based Web Security)

[elija]

cant understand with all the advertising and tracking on this website why is it so hard to post about links and websites

It stops at least 99% of spam

[arespi]

A simple option:

a) Install squid
b) install webmin Webmin

Once webmin is up a running log in, navigate to the servers section and select Squid, there you can see an Access Control section. There you add a new proxy restriction allowing the sites you want and blocking all the rest.

This is ok for a few sites but once your list starts to grow i would also install squidGuard and manage it also with webmin. It has a larger access control list by categories, ip ranges, etc.

Good luck

[oz]

Hello and welcome to the forums, callmebadger!

Just a quick note here to let you know that all of your 15-posts spam has been deleted. If needed, you can find some temporary workarounds for the 15-posts requirement for posting URLs here:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-user-faq.html

Thanks