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by friscojw

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Looking for a tool to prevent a user from downloading programs or files, restrict internet sites and other restrictions. I have an environment where users can walk in off the street to use systems for internet access but I want to minimize what canbe done on the systems. Any suggestions?

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by melissah

Also it depends on what kind of rights the user has. You can set them up through the local desktop. Also a proxy will work well for controling certain downloads.
If you want a simple way to control the websites you can purchase a software product such as "surf control" it allows you to restrict certain sites and monitor who is going where. Very useful tool.

by justanadmin

As stated above, a proxy server will be your best bet. You can then set up various filters for specific sites as well as ports (such as blocking FTP for example).

We use a proxy "appliance" made by Bluecoat Systems. Depending on budget, you can integrate WebSense services into it as well. WebSense keeps a database of questionable sites and will allow you to automatically use that database to block those sites and not have to worry about it.

Good luck!

by punderwood

Definately recommend Websense, depending on how you connect to the Internet, you can integrate it to your firewall or proxy server. In addition to restricting website access you can stop downloads by using the premium services. These block access and downloads from Adverts, malicious code and hacking sites etc.Check out http://websense.com also if you want to know what is going on, you can use a hardware keyboard logger, see http://keykatcher.com .

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