[WEB4LIB] Citrix Winframe - how can I lock down Netscape

[Mark Ellis]

Dawn,

I'm sorry to hear Cooler didn't work because I'd been thinking of trying it
on WinFrame too.

However, all hope is not lost.  You can disable DNS on the WinFrame server
and use the HOSTS file for name resolution.  Only those sites that you enter
HOSTS file will be found when the system attempts to match an IP address to
a host name.

Here's a more detailed explanation from the archive. The NT/WinFrame details
are quoted at the bottom.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9712/0334.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: d-kovacs at mail.wheaton.lib.il.us
> [mailto:d-kovacs at mail.wheaton.lib.il.us]
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 10:59 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Citrix Winframe - how can I lock down Netscape
> 
> 
> Hello,
> We offer our patrons dial-access to our CD-ROM and online databases 
> via a Citrix WinFrame server (version 1.7).  I wonder if anyone has a 
> suggestion on what I can use to lock down Netscape (or MSIE) to 
> prevent patrons from using us as their ISP.  (I want to lock 
> preferences, bookmarks, open a location, etc.)
> 
> Citrix WinFrame runs its own version of Windows NT 3.1.  To lock 
> programs on our library workstations (Win95) we use Winselect, but 
> Winselect doesn't work with Windows NT.  I installed the demo 
> version of Cooler which says it works with NT, but because I 
> can't right-click I can't protect any of the menu items.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion on where I can find "lock down" 
> software that works with Windows NT 3.1?  I haven't made the online 
> databases available via dial-access yet and since our databases seem 
> to be more online than CD-ROM I'm expecting to hear complaints 
> because many of them aren't available.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Dawn Kovacs
> Head of Technical Services
> Wheaton Public Library
> Wheaton, Illinois
> 
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Mark Ellis
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Richmond Public Library            mark.ellis at rpl.richmond.bc.ca
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