Block browsing at night

snoopy100

Hi all,

I'd like to block browsing at night, from say 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Can someone point me to a thread?

Currently I'm using IPCOP and blocking using squid. I have a cron job which copies a squid configuration file in place then restarts squid.

I was hoping for something neater.

Thanks,

Julien

Metu69salemi

Two tasks to comply ;)
1. Goto Firewall:Schedules
1.1 Create ones as you need
2. Goto Firewall:Rules
2.1 Apply schedule on rules what you want(search below 'normal' view)

Hint: I'd use block all on top of the list and schedule it to go online during that night time, then you don't have to modify every single rule on the list

snoopy100

Excellent, thanks a lot.

I did just as you advised, blocked port 80 and port 443, added a schedule.
When I look at the firewall rules the 80 and 443 are in the destination port column.

Is that correct?

Julien

And I guess I need to add my firewall rules to the LAN, not the WAN list? That seems to work.

dreamslacker

@snoopy100:

Excellent, thanks a lot.

I did just as you advised, blocked port 80 and port 443, added a schedule.
When I look at the firewall rules the 80 and 443 are in the destination port column.

Is that correct?

Julien

And I guess I need to add my firewall rules to the LAN, not the WAN list? That seems to work.

Regular HTTP/ HTTPS servers are hosted with port 80/ 443 respectively. If you are blocking outbound requests (Lan to internet) then you need to place the rules in LAN with destination ports 80 & 443.

If you want to block inbound traffic, then you would place the rule in WAN tab with source IP any, source port 80/ 443 and destination ip LAN subnet with any port.

Generally speaking, blocking the outbound from LAN would make more sense. Take note that this only affects servers that host on the regular ports. Websites hosted on alternative ports are not affected. You will need to use Squid if that is an issue. There should be scheduled ACLs for Squid.

sgtr

@Metu69salemi:

Two tasks to comply ;)
1. Goto Firewall:Schedules
1.1 Create ones as you need
2. Goto Firewall:Rules
2.1 Apply schedule on rules what you want(search below 'normal' view)

Hint: I'd use block all on top of the list and schedule it to go online during that night time, then you don't have to modify every single rule on the list

Thank you Metu69salemi. I used your suggestion and achieved.

Regards,
SGTR