Limiting browsers to sites (CyberPatrol)

[Steven Benson]

I just downloaded, installed and tried CyberPatrol (v.4) and it seems to do
what you are looking for.

When I set it up, I set access to IRC/CHAT, Newsgroups, & Games to "None".
Access to WWW was set to "Filtered."  On the Setup screen, I clicked on the
WWW button and changed the "CyberList Selection" field to "CyberYes List".
Next, in the "Additional Approvals" field I entered "www.cor.gov" (the
domain name for my city's web server).  I saved these changes.

When I tested this setup, I was only able to connect to pages on the
www.cor.gov domain (eg. www.cor.gov/library).  

Regards,
Steve Benson
Richardson Public Library
Richardson, TX
sbenson at onramp.net

>We want to limit certain of our public computers to browsing our
>catalog and specific web-based periodical indexes.  
>
>I know that some of the filter products (Net Nanny, for example)
>claim they will do this.  Has anyone evaluated the filters for THIS
>use.  We're not interested in using them for their more common claim
>to fame - blocking sites they consider objectionable.  But from what
>I could tell on the TIFAP page, they were not assessed for this 
>particular use.
>
>Can anyone point me to reviews of filters that assess their ability to
>limit users in this way (not to a list of 'family-friendly' sites but
>to sites that WE choose.)  Or is there some other type of software that
>could do this for us?  (And which might be cheaper than the filters.)
>
>I'm sure there are sites doing this.  Please share what you find worked
>well - or poorly.
>
>TIA
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