time base restriction with iptables ?

[kashif]

aoa,

I am able to restrict the squid traffic through time base ACL in squid.

I am not using masquerade and forwarding per ip like

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-A FORWARD -s 17x.x.53.54 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

-A FORWARD -s 17x.x.53.54 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 1863 -j ACCEPT

-A FORWARD -s 17x.x.53.54 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5190 -j ACCEPT
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and at end

-A FORWARD -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j DROP 
-A FORWARD -p tcp -j DROP 
-A FORWARD -p udp -j DROP

Now problem is that I want to allow above mentioned traffic from 9 to 5 pm only, and should be restricted for rest of the hours.


How to accomplish this task?

[osama]

You should create 2 scripts and call those scripts through cron at required times.
Or create one script with if-else statements checking time then call that script in cron at required times