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Originally Posted by Ayrahb
What is the most effective way to block Facebook and Myspace?
I requested this from our IT guy a long time ago, but he hasn't done it yet. The students in our class spend way too much time on those sites and not enough on job searching and resume writing.
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Depends on the budget. Easist way is to block the IP address and DNS name. But as indicated, with proxies and the like it can be much more difficult.
We have a few different sniffers on our external connection that checks network traffic by monitoring MAC network traffic, SurfControl for normal blocking, and a 3rd device checking IP's from countries on US and Canada watch lists.
Just remember, if you signed a terms of use contract and you contravene the obvious attempt to block you from facebook it is likely grounds for termination and they might be trying to trap you into doing something if they need a reason to fire you.