[WEB4LIB] launching executables within a browser

[GRAY, PAUL]

Based on recommendations from the list we have been using Kixstart
(from the NT Resource Kit)
It allows you to write essentially batch files to mount cd's run exe's etc -
The files use the extension .kix  - so you just associate .kix with the kix executable -- and so far we havent found anything we couldnt make run.
Pleasantly it still worked fine after we moved to W2k

Paul H. Gray
Library Manager - LRC LAN & CLC
TCC Northeast Campus
Hurst, TX
817-515-6623
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info Galway Library [mailto:info at galwaylibrary.ie]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 8:47 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] launching executables within a browser
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On our public internet access computers, we would like the 
> public to be able
> to launch specified executables using the Internet Explorer 
> 5x browser. Is
> there a utility or plug in that will allow us to do this and 
> that will not
> compromise security? We use policy editor to specify what 
> programs can be
> run on these computers so the public constructing their own webpage to
> launch undesirable programs should not be an issue, I hope.
> 
> Alternatively, is there a utility that will allow us to 
> construct our own
> customisable desktop from which applications can be launched 
> and which is
> secure?
> 
> I would appreciate any help.
> 
> Regards
> John Fitzgibbon
>  
> Galway Public Library
> Island House
> Cathedral Square
> Galway
> Ireland
>  
> http://www.galwaylibrary.ie 
> 
> Phone: 00 353 91 562471
> Fax: 00 353 91 565039 
> 
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