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Story: How to block Facebook access on Linux desktopTotal Replies: 3
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kikinovak

Jan 18, 2015
6:11 AM EST 		I'm the administrator of a few local school networks in South France. Since Facebook is using HTTPS, filtering it with Squid+SquidGuard can be quite tricky. After quite a bit of experimentation, I found a perfect solution, which I've documented here:

http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/Linux-HOWTOs/Facebook-Fil...
jdixon

Jan 18, 2015
1:28 PM EST 		Do you have an English version of that? I could run it through Google Translate, but I suspect it would be less than satisfactory, and it sounds like a good article to review.
gus3

Jan 18, 2015
3:18 PM EST 		Basically, if you catch someone at the school going to Facebook, you hit them with a squid.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but a pound of cure is more fun (to pound them with).
kikinovak

Jan 19, 2015
2:41 AM EST 		@jdixon: All my HOWTOs are in French. But the *nix bits are universal.

:o)

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