Restricting the downloading of .exe,.zip files

[dkirk]

Ken,
You can use WINSelect POLICY to restrict Netscape to Saving
(also Opening and Printing) to Drives and Directories and specify 
filenames and file extensions. WINSelect POLICY can be purchased 
alone or as a combo as WINSelect KIOSK and POLICY.\

Denis


At 04:14 PM 5/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>If you are using Ikiosk, you can go into Netscape and choose Options -
>General Preferences - Helpers tab.  Then, for files with .exe, .zip and
>any other extension you dislike, you can change the "Action" to Unknown -
>Prompt User.
>
>Then using Ikiosk you can disable the buttons in that "Unknown File Type"
>dialog box so that the person can't save the file.  If there are some file
>types you DO want to allow people to download, then for those extensions
>you then need to change the "Action" to "Save to Disk", or link the file
>type with some application on your machine.
>
>Ken Becker
>Menlo Park Pub. Lib.
>
>On Tue, 26 May 1998, Bill Hudson wrote:
>
>> Hi Marty,
>> Could you tell us what security measures have been taken already on your
>> machines? That would certainly help guide any suggestions, as well as
>> alert list members to any holes in our own security.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bill Hudson
>> 
>> Marty Williams wrote:
>> > 
>> > Having recently come across a situation in one of our libraries (a
joint =
>> > use school / community) where a clever lad downloaded and installed a
pice =
>> > of software that logs all logins we are obviously concerned about the =
>> > security implications. As a possible solution I would like to know if =
>> > anyone has found a means of restricting the files that can be
downloaded =
>> > from the web? If we could ensure that executable or zipped files
cannot be =
>> > downloaded, this would go some way towards prevention.
>> > 
>> > Any other lines of attack are also welcomed.
>> > 
>> > Thanks
>> > 
>> > Marty Williams
>> > www.terra.net.au/=7Emarwil/cool/home.htm
>> 
>> -- 
>> ***********************************************************************
>> Bill Hudson, Technology Coordinator
>> Lancaster County Library
>> 125 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA  17602-2883     USA
>> 
>> Voice: 717.394.2651    Fax: 717.394.3083
>> Email: bhudson at lancaster.lib.pa.us
>> 
> 
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