Kyle, With today's Internet pricing and availability of corporate Internet connections, I would think that bandwidth and capacity is the least of one's worries when it comes to facebook. May be youtube.. I am only scared of facebook if things get to 'per bit' payments. -- Kind regards; KTM +256752602550||+256782062708 "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners"
On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 17:10 +0300, Kyle Spencer wrote: > Sometimes the issue is bandwidth. > > On Oct 13, 2012 5:09 PM, "Kizito Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Benjamin, > I remember a similar thread on Linux Admin(some mailing list). > All > technical solutions didn't pass the test but this (Benjamin's > Proposal) > did. > May be it is better to involve the staff into the advantages > of working > and not spending time on facebook. otherwise even when you > block > facebook they will come up with other social sites or > activities to > waste time. > I think monitoring workers on how much time they spend at work > is wrong, > but how much they have accomplished will make a difference! > -- > Kind regards; > KTM > +256752602550||+256782062708 > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" > > > On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 13:05 +0200, [email protected] > wrote: > > Since all attempts at blocking are ultimately possible to > circumvent, > > it might be worthwhile to approach the problem from another > angle by > > asking oneself why the blocking is even needed. If it's a > work > > environment and Facebook threatens productivity, then > stricter > > policies could be put in place. If you are caught using > Facebook at > > prohibited hours, you're fired. Or, use Facebook how much > you want, > > but if you haven't completed your tasks at the end of the > day/week, > > you're fired. > > > > Ultimately, you don't want people working for you whom you > have to > > shepherd into action. You're running a business, not a > daycare. > > > > Edmonds Namasenda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Godfrey & Justus, > > The LinkSys might offer you a solution but with time > (as you > > have seen Godfrey) users always find ways to beat > the system. > > > > Atop what the rest have suggested, the long haul > would be a > > proxy. I have used SafeSquid (commercial) and now > tinker with > > Squid (free) for much of my time when such need > arises. > > > > Depending on your needs (present and future), the > hardware > > requirements are often ordinary. > > > > # Edz > > > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:37 PM, justus byamukama > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, i too have the same challenge, any > assistance > > will be great! > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:36 AM, > > [email protected] > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes. DNSmasq plus blocking of port > 53 outbound > > should do the trick. > > > > It won't catch tunnelled traffic, of > course, > > but there's only so much you can do > without > > the line becoming useless for legit > work. > > > > > > Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Use an internal DNS and > force people > > to use that DNS. > > > > On Oct 13, 2012 11:05 AM, > "Godfrey > > Baluku" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Lugers, > > > > > > > > I want Facebook to > be accessed > > in specific hours. I > used my > > Linksys router to do > this but > > I found out that > someone can > > access Facebook > using https. > > How can I block it > completely. > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > Godfrey Baluku > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux > User Group: > > http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to > this mailing > > list by addressing > e-mails to: > > [email protected] > > Mailing list > archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list > settings: > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG > mailing list is > > generously hosted by > INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments > and data > > are owned by whoever > posted > > them (including > attachments if > > any). 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