Squid with ACLs as a transparent proxy would be your best bet.. but it depends on how tech your users are<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Rocky Mbithi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rockymbithi@gmail.com">rockymbithi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Is there no simple and cost free method?<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:53 PM, [Brainiac] <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com" target="_blank">arebacollins@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">i would suggest you invest in a good firewall (read old linux box) and configure it (read IPtables rules) to block facebook at domain level, DNSes and Ip addresses. <div>


<br></div><div><br></div><div>oh, and while youre at it block all public and private proxies.... <div><div></div><div><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:51 PM, [Brainiac] <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com" target="_blank">arebacollins@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



i hope you realize blocking that port basically incapacitates any secure transmissions to the web, for instance, gmail..... <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Rocky Mbithi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rockymbithi@gmail.com" target="_blank">rockymbithi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>




</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>Good day Skunks,<div><br></div><div>I blocked <a href="http://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com</a> but some witty guys where still able</div>




<div><br></div><div>to facebook on <a href="https://facebook.com" target="_blank">https://facebook.com</a>. Apparently <a href="https://facebook.com" target="_blank">https://facebook.com</a> uses</div>
<div><br></div><div>port 443, when I blocked the port, using a port blocker I got from <a href="http://www.e-systems.ro/" target="_blank">http://www.e-systems.ro/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I was still able to FB on <a href="https://facebook.com" target="_blank">https://facebook.com</a>. Any suggestions or solutions will be highly</div>





<div><br></div><div>welcome.<img src="cid:330@goomoji.gmail" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0.2ex;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.2ex;vertical-align:middle" goomoji="330"></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div>
<div><br><br>Kind regards <br>Rocky Mbithi<br>Cell       : +254721708325<br>Skype name: rockymbithi <br>
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