SOCKS ... (or web filtering ...)

[scharles]

Now that sounds like a handy way to filter web sites.

At 03:27 PM 5/1/97 -0700, somebody wrote:

>I don't know about SOCKS but we are using Netscapes Proxy Server 2.5 
>for NT (free to non profit and educational organisations) to do exactly 
>what you are wanting to do. 
>
>The proxy server has an URL list to allow and URL list to deny 
>option. On the stations we want to limit access on Netscape points  to 
>the proxy server (no special client side software is required) and if an 
>URL they request is not on the allow list they get a response saying why 
>they can't access it. I have disabled the Options menu in the 
>Netscape browser using Integrity Kiosk so that users can't remove 
>or change the proxy server setup.
>
>Regards
>Glen 
>**************************************************
>Glen Davies