Re: forbid internet access to an application?

On May 30, 1:04 pm, "lucatrv" <luca...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Why not use kiosktool from inside KDE (If you are using KDE that is)?

http://jriddell.org/programs/kiosk-article.html

I actually use gnome, and by the way from what I read I couldn't understand
how to get the functionality I was talking about (prevent an application
from gaining access to the network while having the network functional for
the other applications). Thank you anyway, bye.

OK then, how about using a SQUID proxy? I believe acl's can be set up
to allow specified logged in users to access the Internet using
specified applications. I once ran a shorewall firewall with a
"manual" SQUID proxy (each user had to type in their name and password
anytime they tried using an application that accessed the Internet) to
block all Internet-bound applications _except_ mail clients.

If I'm not mistaken, I was still able to use ping on those machines
for Intranet work...

Does this sound more like what you are wanting? There is the
possibilty of using GConf:

http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/lockdown-1.html

but I've never used it before...

Deion "Mule" Christopher

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