[WEB4LIB] Re: Public Browser?

[Skau, Adele]

You can also block access by using the NoAccess.txt file!!

Adele

Adele M. Skau
Technical Staff Assistant
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, CA 91205
(818) 548-2183
askau at ci.glendale.ca.us


-----Original Message-----
From: David J. Ives [mailto:eldjives at showme.missouri.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:59 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Public Browser?


Same thing that can be done with Netscape & IE --
get a hexadecimal editor and replace the string "file:" in appropriate
executables/dll's with "filx:"

David Ives


On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Michael Dargan wrote:

> I've just looked at the Public Browser V1.20 and am quite impressed.
> However, I see that the program allows the user to browse the local hard
> drives and to open command prompt windows.  Any ideas, short of IKiosk,
> for thwarting such activity?
> 
> Thansk
> 
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