Dialup woes

[P or K Bary]

My library district is using a dialup system on something that for
convenience we refer to as a WAN.  It's really just a  PC at each of our
branches that dials into a com server and LAN workstation and accesses our
CD towers (a really ugly solution - I don't even like to think about it).  

We use Fortres, which we like very much, but in addition to Fortres, we use
Ikiosk, which locks down the Windows menus, right mouse button, etc.  I
believe you can find a download version via www.carl.org (com?).  We've
used Fortres for over a year now, and Ikiosk for about three months - so
far with great success.  

Another possible solution, though we haven't tried it out yet, is Fortres'
Cooler.  It combines their Fortres 101 features with something like Ikiosk.
 There's a download version on the Fortres Web page:  www.fortres.com.

Karen Bary
Microcomputer Coordinator
Arapahoe Library District
Littleton, Colorado
   

At 11:15 AM 1/6/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Just to note, I am a new subscriber to the list and dont know how much
>this subject has been covered but I did search the archives for a while
>with no luck.
>
>Has anyone out there setup a secure dialup workstation for the public
>that works?  I have managed to get secure and dialup but never quite
>functional together.
>
>I have used windows internal security (policy editor and the like) and a
>product called fortres - is there any better product out there that
>anyone knows of?
>
>Thanks for your time...
>
>____
>       Jeremiah Cruit-Salzberg
>       Acting WAN Manager
>       Seattle Public Library
>       jeremiah at spl.org
>