Friday, August 6, 2010

An organization wishes to control access to Internet for its staff?

To facilitate this, staff will only be allowed to access web content on any server outside the organization, using ports HTTP(80) and SSL(443). Acess to all web servers on any port is fine internally. All transactions must be logged on the proxy and associated with a user. To do this, the organization will need to commission a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. The organization uses Active Directory for authentication purposes.





Assuming you have Linux machine, what software solutions would you use to satisfy this requirement. What other software solutions/extensions will you need to consider to make this work? Do you think there is a need for policy - if so explain why? Finally what other technical changes will you need to make to client systems, servers or the network to enforce this?An organization wishes to control access to Internet for its staff?
I'd recommend using a switch to separate the Internet and private network. Using software firewall or physical or the router's firmware you can limit the protocols over the internet inbound/outbound.


(include port 53/dns)An organization wishes to control access to Internet for its staff?
The law states that the employer owns the computers -- ergo, he sets the rules.





Your inquiry re: setup requires an educated computer techie.





I can tell you, however, why the company needs this.





1. To see who is working his/her 8 hours and who is playing solitaire or whatever, and


2. because it is possible to bring in viruses and cause the company to shut down the system until it is cleared.





This has happened where I work where people checked their home e-mail at the office or brought in flashdrives or whatever, and the entire system had to be shut down for over a day. This cannot happen. Money may be involved in a company, but consider the consequences at a medical center or hospital.
Sounds like you should do your own homework,


Typing out an answer to this for you would take too long.
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