[TriLUG] Blocking a linux laptop (Mint 17) from connecting to an open wifi ap.

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

My concern with a technical solution is...

if they have the ability to change the wireless config from the family's 
AP to anyone else's, what prevents them (having physical access to the 
machine) from disabling any on-laptop controls, including root-owned cron 
jobs?

The beauty of my low-tech approach (for all of its obvious disadvantages) 
is that you can't easily and unobtrusively disable it.

William Sutton

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Robert Dale via TriLUG wrote:

> You could write a script that executes every x minutes (via cron) to detect
> the currently connected wifi AP and if that name doesn't match yours, send
> an email, run iptables to block everything, disconnect and/or turn off
> wifi, etc.
>
> $ nmcli connection show --active
> NAME          UUID                                  TYPE             DEVICE
> MyAP  c15c6785-3f4d-4eec-badc-7ad081fdaf1f  802-11-wireless  wlp3s0
>
>
>
> Robert Dale
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Christopher Blackmon via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> Guys, please stop.  Although I'm grateful for folks willing to share
>> parental advice... You don't know our circumstances and why unmonitored
>> access won't work for us.
>> I'm looking for a technical solution to a problem and any technical advice
>> is most appreciated.
>> Thanks, Christopher
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>>
>>   On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T<jmack at austintek.com>
>> wrote:   On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Christopher Blackmon via TriLUG wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a way to block a linux laptop from accessing an
>> > open/unsecured/no-password wifi access point?
>>
>> You could let your kids explore the world on their own and let them ask
>> questions about what they find. It worked for my kid.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
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