[WEB4LIB] Setting up a fake proxy server w/ Internet Explorer

[Andrew I. Mutch]

Mary,

Since I've never done this on IE, I'm only throwing this out as an idea to
try with no idea whether it will work or not.

Try making the URLs as general as possible...use www.umi.com...without any
subdirectories.  This also holds true for using the fake proxy on Netscape
and helps eliminate a lot of problems.

Hopefully, someone has tried this on IE and can provide more guidance.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI



On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Mary Martin wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> I'm in the middle of struggling with our Gates computers. All our
> current computers are running Netscape Navigator, but for obvious
> reasons, the new Gates computers are set up with Internet Explorer. Our
> staff wants me to limit the Internet access on one of these computers to
> only the online databases we subscribe to.
> 
> I have set up a fake proxy server on one of our Netscape machines by
> following Andrew Mutch's instructions
> (http://tln.lib.mi.us/~nort/tech/lockin.htm). I've been working on
> trying to modify those instructions to work with IE. However, I've been
> having some difficulty getting some of the more complex Web addresses to
> work with IE.
> 
> For instance, I had no problem getting IE's fake proxy server to work
> with the address galenet.gale.com. But it seems that for any address
> that contains a subdirectory (www.umi.com/pdqauto, for instance), the
> computer refuses to go there.
> 
> Has anyone had any luck setting up a fake proxy server on IE? Any
> suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> Mary
> --
> Mary C. Martin
> Computer/Technical Services Librarian
> Fort Smith Public Library
> 501-783-0229 (phone)   501-782-8571 (fax)
> mmartin at fspl.lib.ar.us
> http://www.fspl.lib.ar.us
> 
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