Re: Iceweasel & netbock
On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 10:02:16AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Giorgio Pioda]
> > Hi,
> >
> > on Jessie server/ws-client setup,
> >
> > for some obscure reasons activating the netblock
> > and simultaneoulsy switching of squid3 still allows
> > the pupils to use iceweasel for outgoing traffic.
> >
> > Instead of this, chromium get blocked correctly.
> >
> > I had to quick uninstall iceweasel/firefox-esr
> > just before practical examinations.
>
> I suspect this is because Iceweasel/Firefix uses the proxy by default,
> while Chromium do not. A better fix might be to block squid3 for the
> usres/clients in question when doing exams. Otherwise they might
> reconfigure Chromium to use squid and get out that way.
>
> Also, when Jessie yesterday switched to Firefox from Iceweasel, our
> Iceweasel setup is ignored. It is these files:
>
> /etc/iceweasel/profile/cert_override.txt
> /etc/iceweasel/pref/debian-edu-homepage-ldap.js
>
> I believe they must be moved to take effect.
>
> --
Changing the /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock accordingly to 10.164.88.0/23
fixes and iceweasel gets effectively blocked.
Regards
P.S: I wrote a typo, squid3 is off, disabled. Sorry.
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