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Block All Sites except a List of 10 to 15

I need to block all access to all web sites except 10 to 20 sites. These are stand alone PC's with dialup connections. I am not looking for a filtering soulution that will slow the already slow dialup down even more nor am I looking for an expensive Firewall.

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Rich Rumble

If the users have IE you can easily use the "Content advisor" to do this. But if they have the ability to DL and install software, if they DL'd a different browser like FireFox, content advisor will be by-passed. The surest way to do this is to use a firewall, or even a host's file. Win2k and Xp have IPSEC firewall's built-in, while they can work for this situation, they are not easy to use. I recommend a professional software firewall such as ZoneAlarm or other. A host's file can also do the job, but you need to make sure they only have Read rights to the file so it can't be erased or modified.
http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/ie/6/all/reskit/en-us/part2/c05ie6rk.mspx

-rich

Markeez13

What operating system do you have?

-Mark

Jeffrogi

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I have used the Content Advisor, and I had a problem with the users deleting the password with Regedit.
We use W2K and XP.

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