Netscape kiosk

[Jon Hill]

On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Thomas Dowling wrote:

> I have limited access to Windows 3.1 these days, but
> I've been playing around with Netscape 2.0 in kiosk mode
> under Windows 95 and am a little distressed to see that 
> it seems to allow all control key commands.  That is:
> 
>   Ctrl-L    Open a URL
>   Ctrl-O    Open a local file.  Under Win95 this
>             includes the opportunity to view any file
>             and launch any exectutable on your PC.
>   Ctrl-M    Send a mail message (like I'm doing now,
>             f'rinstance)
>   Ctrl-S    Save As
>   Ctrl-B    Edit bookmarks
> 
> 
> If kiosk mode is still undocumented, this might be part
> of the reason.  Please don't just throw a "-k" in your
> command line and assume you've thoroughly battened the 
> hatches.
> 
If the E-Mail Address and Server options in the Netscape.ini file are 
left blank then Netscape in Kiosk mode will not be able to send Mail.

If you set up a mime type for EXE/BIN/COM/PIF to launch an applicationn, 
for example the windows clock, then attempting to open any exe file 
(Using Ctrl+u, o or l) will cause the clock to launch instead.

Judicious use of hiding files and directories further limit the potential 
for misuse.

Keeping the Bookmarks on a Networked direcotry withh RO writes set will 
stop the editing of the Bookmark file.

Hope this helps, it works in our library.


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