Public Access

[Andrew J. Mutch]

For those trying to lock browsers into specific web sites, give Net Nanny
a try.  We have been testing a demo copy and have been very satisfied
with its ability to lock a browser into specified sites.  You can choose a
"GO TO" option that allows the browser to only go to a predefined list of
sites.  This makes it very useful for those with web-based OPACs who don't
want these terminals to be used by would-be net surfers.  

Net Nanny is at: http://www.netnanny.com

Note: Last time I was there, you needed to download a fix to their latest
release or it won't function properly with Netscape 3.x.  Don't forget to
do that!

Andrew Mutch
Northville District Library
Northville, MI, USA  

On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Angus Waddell wrote:

> 
> Hi all :-
> 
> I work in the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology library and am 
> faced with the following project which I would appreciate some help with:
> 
> Currently we have numerous public terminals that allow access to 
> netscape, aswell as the usuall staff machines, all running under a 
> Windows 3.1 environment / Netscape 3 environment.
> What I plan on having is a staff setup that limits the amount of sites 
> available to all except 'nudey' sites, and a public setup that can only 
> access sites within a certain domain (ie rmit.edu.au), or a list of sites 
> that I can define.
> I have tried programs such as ikiosk but have found, whilst it is very 
> good, doesn't have all these capabilities. Any help on similar setups 
> would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Angus
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> Angus Waddell
> Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
> Systems Technical Support Officer
> Melbourne, Australia.
> 
> Phone +61 3 9660 3983
> Fax   +61 3 9663 3047
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> 
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