[sclug] Personalised web content filtering / code control

[Dickon Hood]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 13:15:32 +0100, James Wyper wrote:

: Can't help on the web filtering, but there might be another suggestion.
: Haven't thought this through (so there may well be holes to pick, feel
: free) but how about:

: 1.  Setting up virtual machines on each box
: 2.  Configuring the VMs so that (a) they cannot access the internet
: (disable the network gateway config or something), and (b) can access
: the source code / dev tools your people need to work on
: 3.  Remove the ability to access the (presumably networked) source code
: etc. directories from the host machines, but keep internet access.
: 4.  If your chosen VM software allows file transfers between host and
: guest, make sure this is disabled and can't be switched back on

: As I say, this is only an idea - never tried it - but it might be worth
: pursuing.  And it always helps to think about the problem a different
: way!

As an immediate solution to that trivial roadblock, whatever the Windows
equivalent of 'tar | nc | nc -l | tar' is what I'd propose.  Anything more
complex I might have to actually think about.


Dickon Hood
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