simple tips for Endian Firewall 2.5.1

1 - How to block Facebook, Orkut, Twitter and Badoo:

It is very simple to do it, you need only the proxy in transparent mode to catch everyone, a simple rule on the proxy and on the outgoing firewall... take a look

HTTP proxy: Policy

Outgoing firewall configuration

It is important to not allow the HTTP service so the proxy will be able filter the outgoing request and block the facebook/orkut/etc. page


2 - Dansguardian service not restarting after some modifications:

It happens I have to modify some proxy rules and sometimes, when the service restart, dansguardian doesn't do it leaving the outgoing connections free. The most simple thing to do is manually restart it! (To do it first you must have the SSH service enabled and, of course, be connected via SSH to the firewall)
The command to restart the service is:

Cheers!