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Maybe lock down the machine completely except for 3 URL shortcuts on the desktop?<br />
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Deploy a content filtering software such as Websense and only allow that workstation access to those particular sites?<br />
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Change the firewall to have a rule that only allows that computer to get to those particular sites/IPs?<br />
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Good question, I'm interested to see what others think.
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I have a kiosk machine that is all nice and locked down running Windows XP. &nbsp;It worked perfectly fine when they only needed access to one location. &nbsp;I just removed all methods of changing the URL and auto-loaded the page they needed. &nbsp;Well now, I need to grant access to 2 or 3 sites and restrict everything else.<br />
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My first thought is to modify the hosts file and give routes to the sites I want and somehow turn everything else to either a dummy page or the localhost. &nbsp;The problem is, can I use wildcards in the host file? &nbsp;<br />
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If so, how would I go about it?<br />
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Any other thoughts on how to accomplish this?
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I have a kiosk machine that is all nice and locked down running Windows XP.  It worked perfectly fine when they only needed access to one location.  I just removed all methods of changing the URL and auto-loaded the page they needed.  Well now, I need to grant access to 2 or 3 sites and restrict everything else.

My first thought is to modify the hosts file and give routes to the sites I want and somehow turn everything else to either a dummy page or the localhost.  The problem is, can I use wildcards in the host file?  

If so, how would I go about it?

Any other thoughts on how to accomplish this?

Maybe lock down the machine completely except for 3 URL shortcuts on the desktop?

Deploy a content filtering software such as Websense and only allow that workstation access to those particular sites?

Change the firewall to have a rule that only allows that computer to get to those particular sites/IPs?

Good question, I&amp;#39;m interested to see what others think.

Restrict Internet Access on Workstation

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