Sorry I missed that they aren't joined to a domain.
Ralph Smith Gateway Community Industries 845-331-1261 x234 ________________________________ From: Thomas Mullins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: restrict internet access to three websites Excellent point Ralph, And thanks. I should have thought of accessing sites via the IP address. They have a Windows domain, but the owner (who is great to work with - and almost always consults with me), bought these three machines with Vista Home. Shane ________________________________ From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: restrict internet access to three websites I did this is one remote site where they had a small (sometimes changing) list of sites they wanted to allow. They had a low end router and 1 Windows server. What I did was installed a proxy server on the server - the one I used was relatively low cost ( somewhere around $75) called ccproxy, which allows setting up an "allow only" list of sites, as well as different rules for different groups of computers, which I also needed. I pointed all their browsers to the proxy server, and allowed only the server to have internet access at the router. Assuming they're not on a Windows domain, the hosts file with no DNS settings would work unless you have an enterprising user who knows to access sites by ip address. ________________________________ From: Thomas Mullins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: restrict internet access to three websites 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 Confidentiality Notice: ****************** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. Confidentiality Notice: ---------------------------------- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
