Looking For App: Internet limiter

[cKGunslinger]

So my buddy is running Ubuntu and has been playing around with web filters (Dan's Guardian / Squid, etc), but that's a different question.

Right now, he was looking for an app that would allow him to specify internet access times, and disable/enable his internet connection during specific times. He doesn't run his PC 24/7, so this app would have to run as a service (?) and check the current time on boot-up and periodically as needed.

I'm sure this exists, but if not, I think it wouldn't be that difficult to write. What would be the best (easiest) way to temporarily disable/enable internet access?

 

[Nothinman]

Why not just set a cron job to run ifup and ifdown at specific times?

 

[cKGunslinger]

That sounds like an excellent starting point. Thanks.

 

[Fallen Kell]

What is the purpose for this? A cron job is a start, but to bypass that all you would need to do is change the time, reboot the system or restart the network.

Are you attempting to lock down internet use during certain hours of the day for a particular user or users? Or do you just want to make sure that if he left the house and forgot to turn off his computer it wasn't on the net so that someone could be hacking it while he was away?

 

[Nothinman]

What is the purpose for this? A cron job is a start, but to bypass that all you would need to do is change the time, reboot the system or restart the network.

All of which require admin access...

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
What is the purpose for this? A cron job is a start, but to bypass that all you would need to do is change the time, reboot the system or restart the network.

Are you attempting to lock down internet use during certain hours of the day for a particular user or users? Or do you just want to make sure that if he left the house and forgot to turn off his computer it wasn't on the net so that someone could be hacking it while he was away?

His lack of self-discipline. He just wanted something that would kill internet access during certain hours, but nothing he couldn't get around if he really needed to.