ikiosk new user

[Clayton Moore]

We knock out a variety of items with Ikiosk, such as Add Bookmark, Show
Toolbar, etc., but I'll tell you the one you want to watch out for:

If you don't knock General Preferences out entirely, you need to disable
the Apps section of General Preferences.  Here's why: even if you've
taken the Telnet application off your c: drive, a bright user can put in
the path for another program, say File Manager, or Windows Explorer.  At
that point, if your mischevious user clicks on a telnet link, the
browser will give an error message, but will still open the selected
program....even with Fortres enabled.

Watch yourselves.....


Clayton Moore
Internet Specialist
The Arapahoe Library District
clmoore at csn.net
www.arapahoelibraries.org
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John Gresham wrote:
> 
> I'm just setting up some public workstations with Internet access (also
> cd-rom with web launcher) and will use ikiosk for security/control.  I'm
> curious as to exactly which features other libraries disable (on
> Netscape and win 95) for their public workstations. Also, any suggested
> guides to using ikiosk?
> Another issue is the easiest way to block access to hotmail, rocketmail
> etc. -- these would be available in the library computer lab, but not
> the workstations in the reference area -- would you buy a filter to
> block these specific sites? which filter?
> thanks,
> John Gresham
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