boudjYou can also use a free product like opendns.org. We use this for several customers to solve the exact issues you describe. They'll even let you brand the look and feel (mostly). Did I mention that it as free?
jhurffIs there a way in Kaseya or via scripts that I can block users from specific web sites (like a black list). I want to block for both IE and Firefox. These are work PCs and the owner would like to prevent his employees from visiting places like MySpace and Facebook. Thanks in advance.
Script Name: Block Websites - Myspace Facebook Friendster Script Description: This script is a sample for blocking Myspace, Facebook, Friendster IF Test File Parameter 1 : %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Not Contains :myspace THEN Get File Parameter 1 : %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : ..\Docs\Hosts-original.txt Parameter 3 : 1 OS Type : 13 Execute Shell Command Parameter 1 : copy %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.bak1 Parameter 2 : 1 OS Type : 13 Execute Shell Command Parameter 1 : attrib -r %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : 1 OS Type : 13 Execute Shell Command Parameter 1 : echo.127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com >>>> %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : 1 OS Type : 13 Execute Shell Command Parameter 1 : echo.127.0.0.1 www.friendster.com >>>> %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : 1 OS Type : 13 Execute Shell Command Parameter 1 : echo.127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com >>>> %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : 1 OS Type : 13 Execute Shell Command Parameter 1 : attrib +r %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : 1 OS Type : 13 Get File Parameter 1 : %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : ..\Docs\Hosts-new.txt Parameter 3 : 2 OS Type : 13 ELSE Get File Parameter 1 : %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Parameter 2 : ..\Docs\Hosts-new.txt Parameter 3 : 0 OS Type : 0 Write Script Log Entry Parameter 1 : Host file appears to block specified websites. Check Documents tab for agent and 'hosts' file to verify. OS Type : 0
infinitytechnologiesA couple of things concern me about how this is being implemented and I want to see if anyone has any additional feedback. 1) If a client has custom hosts files you cant overwrite those files. Is there a way to make a script in Kaseya that could merge a Kaseya generic blocker host file with another file(s) that has the special entries that would be necissary for the clients machine? (--think of VPN users that need to resolve servers by name with out having access to a companies internal DNS resolution)
infinitytechnologies 2) DNS forwarders in an Active Directory domain in general are a bad idea as the AD server will even forward internal DNS resolution requests to its forwarder for resolution. This causes DNS request time outs in regards to internal names resolution which in turn drives up WINS resolution requests if availabel and finally broadcast requests. Conditional forwarders are the way to go in order to minimize broadcast traffic for local name resolution but you dont want to set up a conditional forwarder for all 200,000 porn sites out there. How has OpenDNS affected client's DNS resolution for Single forest/multi site resolutions and across multiple subnets where broadcast requests can not resolve?
infinitytechnologies 3) Lastly, does anyone have a way to block traffic by IP that Kaseya has a way to monitor and report on?
infinitytechnologies We, like most of you, use multiple hardware and software methods to do content filtering and traffic shaping but I would like to find out if someone has found a way to handle all or most of these issues so that Kaseya is responsible for the reporting and maintenance of this activity.
do you have agent procedure how to block facebookor twitter (social media)