Re: How to disable Internet Access or remove Favorite menu and address bar from Windows Explorer

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From: Lisa (lisa_at_online.yahoo.ca)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:41:01 -0500

Thanks Andy,

I like your Proxy idea, but the risk is that some users can disable it. As
for IPSec, it will work but then it will be for everyone.

I don't understand when clicking on My Computer, the Windows Explorer can
actually surf the net as long as you type in the www in the address bar or
click my favorite. If so then why need IE, despite disabling the IE user can
still access thru Windows Explorer.

"Andrew Mitchell" <amitchel@removecasey.vic.gov.au> wrote in message
news:Xns94BA273D7634casey01@207.46.248.16...
> "Lisa" <lisa@online.yahoo.ca> said
>
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > Seems to work well, however except the site www.ibm.com. Can you try and
> > see if you can access that site,
> >
> > I have about:blank in there and nothing else, most other sites will
> > display the password content rating. BUT ibm go straight in.
> >
> > Strange.
> >
>
> Lisa,
> There are a couple of options you could try.
> One is to set an IPSec policy, droppping all outbound packets from
> workstations where the destination is on port 80 or port 443. This will
> prevent 99% of web access.
>
> The other option (and nowhere near as elegant) is to set a group policy
for
> IE that forces all traffic through a non-existent proxy server. IE will
try
> to contact the proxy (which doesn't exist) and return an error to the
user.
> If the users need access to an intranet site, just add this to the list of
> sites that IE will bypass the proxy for.
>
> Regards
> Andy.

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