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Date:      Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:36:21 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
Cc:        tyler@tysdomain.com, freebsd@edvax.de, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to block facebook access
Message-ID:  <20170820153621.GA9420@slackbox.erewhon.home>
In-Reply-To: <5998A270.9070907@gmail.com>
References:  <59988180.7020301@gmail.com> <c651aba9-8e5b-b193-1808-cef5b900cf27@tysdomain.com> <5998A270.9070907@gmail.com>

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On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 04:41:20PM -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote:
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> > On 8/19/2017 2:20 PM, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> >> Hello list;
> >>
> >> Running 11.1 & ipfilter with LAN behind the gateway server. LAN users
> >> are using their work PC's to access facebook during work.
> >>
> >> What method would recommend to block all facebook access?
> >>
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>  > Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
>  > make your proxy just blacklist facebook.com and m.facebook.com?
>  > Blocking it will just let them view it on their phones though, so
>  > you're looking at a different issue altogether.

> Already blocking 15 facebook login ip address which can be added to or
> changes by FB anytime. Do not run a separate proxy on my server. Seems
> like over kill just to block a single domain name. Any other suggestions?

On my own network I block facebook.com, tfbnw.net, fbcdn.net, fbcdn.com,
instagram.com and whatsapp.com on DNS level by returning NXDOMAIN.

I would hazard a guess that *most* facebook users wouldn't be technically
savvy enough to use an IP-adres.

Roland
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