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[hpprinter100]

Problem: Some members of my family are spending too much time on social networking/general time wasting instead of doing work.

I have been asked to implement a block on a certain number of sites at certain times. Preferable with a web-interface. On the router i have i can block all access to the internet apart from one trusted IP + MAC.

So i was thinking of putting some sort of network proxy on my home server (ubuntu headerless),and have it as the trusted IP and have everyone connect via a network proxy.

Any recommendations on software to use?

HP

[bad_brain]

hm, if you use your Ubuntu box as gateway this task would actually be pretty easy to accomplish, no need for a proxy.
all you need to do is to create cronjobs which block/unblock traffic from/to specific IPs via iptables. here's a little example that blocks suck-o access between 4pm and 9pm:

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0     16   * * * iptables -I INPUT -s 85.25.150.199 -j DROP
0     21   * * * iptables -D INPUT 1

1st entry adds a firewall rule at the start of the INPUT chain which blocks incoming traffic from 85.25.150.199 on 4pm, the 2nd entry deletes the 1st rule in the INPUT chain again at 9pm.

to set up a cronjob is also very simple, you usually open the editor with crontab -e, add the lines you need to, and then save it with ctrl-K + ctrl-X.