Apologies, David, yes, good point well made. My dunce's cap is well and truly in place.
On 10 March 2010 22:01, David W. McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote: > The idea is not to give them a DNS settings on the TCP/IP stack and only > give them a hosts file. > this should limit what the computer 'knows' about on the Internet. > > *From:* Andrew Levicki <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:50 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: restrict internet access to three websites > > Hi Thomas / Shane, > > Sorry if I've missed something, but creating entries in the hosts file > alone isn't going to restrict these PCs to just these three websites. Is > there another prong to your attack, so to speak? > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > On 10 March 2010 07:13, Thomas Mullins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> I have a customer that wants to restrict internet access to only three >> websites. The machines have Vista Home edition on them. One of the >> websites is an https site, so we cannot use the built in Parental Controls >> settings. >> >> >> >> The main office has a Cisco ASA 5505, so no problem there. I will just >> give the machine a static IP address, and use the ASA to restrict that IP to >> only the three approved websites. However, the other sites do not have an >> ASA. I am not sure what router they have (and will not know until I go >> onsite), but I am sure it is a low end unit. I was thinking of using a >> hosts file to resolve DNS names to actual internet addresses. >> >> >> >> Any better ideas? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Shane >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA > [email protected] > www.andrewlevicki.eu > > > > > > > > > > -- Kind regards, Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA [email protected] www.andrewlevicki.eu ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
