Restricting users to a set of IP's/DNS names

[Michael Sauers]

>workstations with web browers.  The problem is restricting these machines
>to a certain set of IP addresses or DNS names to prevent users from using
>these machines for something other than database access.


Funny you should ask... I just received this this morning.  It's sort of a
kludge but it works.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew J. Mutch <amutch at tln.lib.mi.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Saturday, November 01, 1997 10:23 AM
Subject: Locking in IP addresses with Netscape Navigator

>For those of you who are looking for a cheap and easy way to restrict
>Netscape Navigator to selected web addresses, I have created several web
>pages that explain how to do this.
>
>They can be found at:
>
>http://northville.lib.mi.us/tech/lockin.htm
>
>These pages deal specifically with the FirstSearch and SearchBank on-line
>databases but the method can be adapted to to other sites as well.
>
>BTW, a big Thanks! to Glen Davies (GLEN at rimu.cce.ac.nz) who first posted
>this solution to this list.
>
>Andrew Mutch
>Northville District Library
>Northville, MI
>
>