Blocking sites

[tmandu]

Does anyone know how to block certain internet sites from the server ? I have users that are on our network that are constantly going to sites that they shouldn't be. I really cant budget for a package that does this ??? any ideas

Thanks

 

[bracadar]

Have you tried using any ACLs? You can set them up to block specific IPs or even entire networks. Let me know how it goes.

 

[PPettit]

If your firewall/router/gateway/whatever has an address blocking/redirection function, I'd do it there. This will cut off those addresses for everyone.

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

If you cant afford some sort of proxy server, you could always edit the hosts files to point the domains you dont want people going to a different IP.

 

[dth71]

You can set up a proxy server running some linux/bsd dist with the Squid proxy software on!

I have put up a FreeBSD server with squid on and it working perfect blocks everything i tell it to do!

Best regards Dth71

 

[mtberry01]

I agree with "dth71". Using a proxy server is the best solution for blocking unwanted web access. It easily configurable and usually includes more options than blocking at a firewall/router level. Unless your using a Watchguard Firebox (They ROCK!). You can also use a Windows-based free version at Delegate.

http://www.delegate.org/anonftp/DeleGate/download.html

Other low-cost Windows-based proxy solutions are WinProxy (

http://www.winproxy.com),

ezproxy (

http://www.easyproxy.com)and

Proxy+ (

http://www.analogx.com).

Hope this helps!