[WEB4LIB] Windows 2000 bypasing proxy settings

[Chris Deweese]

I'm going to assume you locked out access so they can not use the
tools->options menu to remove the bogus proxy.  Also have you locked access
to the registry?  Do the machines have MS-Office on them?  What other
software is on the machine (software that is available to the public)?  How
did you secure the Win2K desktop itself?
Answers to a few of these will help
-Chris D
Webmaser
http://www.lcls.lib.il.us/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Edelblute" <thomas at anaheim.lib.ca.us>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11.12
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Windows 2000 bypasing proxy settings


> We have some Windows 2000 computers on the public floor that we have set
> up with what we are calling Public Research Tools profile (includes book
> catalog, InfoTrac, Newsbank etc.).  The way we set up this profile is
> with an illegal proxy setting of x.x.x.x and creating an exceptions list
> for those sites in our Public Research Tools.
>
> Our children have found a way around this and gotten out to unrestricted
> Internet access.  I am at a loss as to how they are doing it as well as
> any way of shutting it down.  Windows 2000 appears to be a lot less
> secure than NT at this point.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Tom Edelblute
> Public Access Systems Coordinator
> Anaheim Public Library   phone: (714) 765-1759
> 500 West Broadway        fax:   (714) 765-1730
> Anaheim CA 92805         e-mail: thomas at anaheim.lib.ca.us
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