Network Services Filter question

[v1rt]

I have a question about this. When we add a rule, is the time range we specify only applicable for that rule we just added?

It's because I want to add rules that have different time requirements. For example
1. for HTTP/HTTPS traffic, I want it to be available from Monday to Friday, 8am until 10pm but for Saturday, 8am until 23:59 and Sunday 8am until 6pm
2. for my kid's game say it's using tcp port 31337, I only want it enabled on Saturday from 10am until 6pm then Sunday 10am until 2pm.

Can Merlin do this?

 

[RMerlin]

You can't different time schedules for different rules. You would have to manually configure such a setup through iptables.

 

[v1rt]

So with iptables, it can be done along with schedules? Or did you mean that I'll have to create a cronjob based on the schedule I like the iptables to be executed?

 

[RMerlin]

So with iptables, it can be done along with schedules? Or did you mean that I'll have to create a cronjob based on the schedule I like the iptables to be executed?

Either would work. There's a netfilter match rule that can take time arguments, which is what, for instance, Parental Control uses.

 

[v1rt]

ah, I'll have to find a document about netfilter. Hopefully you can share a link that I can read about. Thanks!