Hi locking out websites

printerman · 07-09-2005, 15:38

Can someone quickly explain the settings so i can lock out ALL websites except for one or two that we use at work. Someone in the dispatch office is looking at lots of websites instead of working,,,they only need acess to TNT and Parcel force so thats all i want them to have access too. Can i password these settings also, so only i can unlock it!?

Thanks

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Gareth · 07-09-2005, 15:56

How much budget do you have? As it's only the one person involved, I'm guessing you're looking to do this as cheaply as possible (or free of charge) ...?

You can do this with Microsoft's ISA Server, or with Cisco Security Agent, but both of these are extremely expensive and are massively overkill if you've only got one person abusing their web access. Having a word in their ear would be a cheaper option

Nugget · 07-09-2005, 15:57

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Originally Posted by printerman

Can someone quickly explain the settings so i can lock out ALL websites except for one or two that we use at work. Someone in the dispatch office is looking at lots of websites instead of working,,,they only need acess to TNT and Parcel force so thats all i want them to have access too. Can i password these settings also, so only i can unlock it!?

Thanks

P

Ooh, you mean-spirited git

What's the point of work if you can't abuse the internet

handyman · 07-09-2005, 15:59

I know what your meaning, with out the internet this job would drag at the moment.

Nugget · 07-09-2005, 16:02

Anyway, I've copied this from the Help text - would this do you at all (bearing in mind there should also be a security tag, which I think you can use for restrictions as well):

To turn on Content Advisor and set limits

In Control Panel, open Internet Options.
On the Content tab, Under Content Advisor, click Enable.
If you've already turned on Content Advisor, click Settings, and then type the supervisor password.

Click a category in the list, and then move the slider to set the limits you want to use.
Repeat this process for each category you want to limit, and then click OK.
If a supervisor password has not already been set up for your computer, you are prompted to create one.

HTH (you old meany

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Gareth · 07-09-2005, 16:54

Thinking about this some more, if your Sys Admin is familiar with Unix or Linux, then you could always use SquidGuard (http://www.squidguard.org) - which is an ultrafast and free filter, redirector and access controller for Squid

printerman · 07-09-2005, 18:10

They all seem a bit complex and overkill....its just one person who needs to print despatch notes and track TNT parcels, but they seem to be playing on the net more and more.....I only want them to have access to one/two sites....thought it would be quite easy but obviously not!

smicer07 · 07-09-2005, 18:17

Just have a word with him and say you'll be monitoring it.

marky · 07-09-2005, 18:22

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Originally Posted by printerman

They all seem a bit complex and overkill....its just one person who needs to print despatch notes and track TNT parcels, but they seem to be playing on the net more and more.....I only want them to have access to one/two sites....

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thought it would be quite easy but obviously not

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of course it is tell him and if he doesnt stop get another person

AndrewJ · 07-09-2005, 19:33

How about getting Firefox and IE, and setting the sites they are to use as home page, and making them note that any other pages in history or seen running would result in action being taken, for wasting the companies resources?

KingPhoenix · 07-09-2005, 20:22

Surely your company has a router / firewall??? this can be configured in these, unless they are not business models....... ???? What hardware do you have?

ntl customer · 07-09-2005, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Saxodriver

How about getting Firefox and IE, and setting the sites they are to use as home page, and making them note that any other pages in history or seen running would result in action being taken, for wasting the companies resources?

In IE you can disable deleting of the history, but with Firefox you can't AFAIK. They will be able to nuke the history file if they know how to.

Gareth · 07-09-2005, 23:30

...or how about uninstalling IE and only giving him Lynx... he'll find using a text-based browser very boring

Nemesis · 07-09-2005, 23:38

Set up an outbound ACL on your router allowing only access to those sites (by IP and Port).

AndrewJ · 08-09-2005, 06:34

Hire his mother in law "if he has one" to watch over him?