Shorewall users - Aug 2013 - Looking for a firewall device manager to work with shorewall

Hey folks,

I''m currently using the shorewall "blacklist" to control my
kids''
access to the internet, and in general it works well but is a lot of
work.

What I''m looking for is something I can run on my Linux firewall that
can do this for me.   I could write this myself but it would take time
and hey, maybe someone already did this.

Basic features would be to have a user list, and a device list.
Users are allotted a certain amount of time per day (settable per
user) and they log into the home firewall via a web interface, and
enable a certain device (tablet, WDTV, PS3) for a certain amount of
time.

Does something like that already exist?

thanks,
-Alan


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On 08/31/2013 05:41 AM, Alan McKay wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I''m currently using the shorewall "blacklist" to control
my kids''
> access to the internet, and in general it works well but is a lot of
> work.
>
> What I''m looking for is something I can run on my Linux firewall
that
> can do this for me.   I could write this myself but it would take time
> and hey, maybe someone already did this.
>
> Basic features would be to have a user list, and a device list.
> Users are allotted a certain amount of time per day (settable per
> user) and they log into the home firewall via a web interface, and
> enable a certain device (tablet, WDTV, PS3) for a certain amount of
> time.
>
> Does something like that already exist?
There are probably some squidGuard modules/plugin scripts to do this, 
but another option might be a captive portal product like 
http://coova.org/CoovaChilli or similar.  A lot of home routers even 
have this sort of thing built in, like Mikrotik & DD-WRT.  They''re 
targeted at wifi hotspots in Internet cafes and the like, but they would 
probably do the job in your situation as well.

Paul


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