How to block all website ecsept one?

[LOGIC]

Hi

 

I want to ask if there is a way to block users (cheldren) of windows XP from browsing the internet except one website?

[Klaynos]

There are programs to do this kind of thing, windows used to have something called content manager or something like that which might have been able to do it not sure though.

 

http://www.netnanny.com/ that kind of thing :|

[Pangloss]

I believe you can do that with a mandatory computer policy. If you're not familiar with setting up policies it can be a bit tricky, though.

[Kyrisch]

If your kids aren't that computer savvy, all you need to do (assuming you have IE) is set the homepage to the page you want your children to see and then go into the view menu>toolbars>address bar. The address bar will disappear. This way, your children cannot navigate off that site except via links on that site. If you have one of the newer versions of IE, there's also a favourites and search button they can press and perhaps change the site so you might want to hide that, too: View>toolbars>standard buttons.

 

Hope I could help

[Dak]

Could he delete the reg-entry that contains the address of his DNS and add the IP of the one website that he wants to allow into the hosts file?

 

Again, you'd need non-computer savvy kids for this to work completely, but its slightly trickier to reverse that the address-bar idea.

 

actually hiding the adress bar aswell would be a good idea to stop them entering the IP directly into the browser.

 

another way would be to download the one site, cripple the internet connection, and use your browser to view the site offline, as long as it isnt frequently updated or humungouse.

[YT2095]

IIRC, there is a setting in Zone Alarm that will block all traffic if need be, and then you can select which you allow.

sometimes I get the odd popup from ZA asking me if I want to allow a certain program or site access to my machine.

that might be A WAY to do it

[5614]

Why would you want to block all but one website???

 

Besides it becomes problematic, so if you only want them on google then they can run a search but can't click on any of the links.

 

Otherwise if your kids know a lot about computers then they'll be able to override the restrictions you set. By renabling what you've disabled or by killing processes.

 

Otherwise there's a bunch of ideas above.

 

[edit] if you go to tools>internet options>security then you'll see a Restricted Sites and Allowed Sites thing. However if you use this you'd need to block each site one by one which could prove problematic and time wasting.

[Dak]

You could always tell them that theyre only allowed on that one site, and also tell them that youll be checking.

 

Then, you can check their history and browser cache to see what sites theyve been visiting.

 

Visiting one other site before you allow them access will make it easyer to check that they havent cleared their cache (again, unless theyre computer-savvy)

[insane_alien]

if they are computer savvy then they could delete the history. try installing a key logger so you can check any websites they type in. as long as you hide it well then it will not be a problem.

[LOGIC]

thank you for your replays and great ideas.

In fact the idea was to block some employees in a shop of brows internet except the website which they need to register the bill in. Then the idea to use it in home as well has came.

In such situation what is the best idea?

[5614]

For work like insane_alien said, anything you do is reversible, so try installing a key logger, you can get free ones, though they are not as good as the ones you pay for. But then key loggers don't record mouse clicks, if they just followed links they'd be fine.

 

Try using tools>internet options>security then you'll see a Restricted Sites to block some of the most well known sites they might go on.

Maybe a key logger.

Tell them not to go on other sites.

Check internet history and cache.

And try what YT2095 said, about seeing if your firewall allows you to block all incoming connections apart from specififed ones (ie. the website you want them on).

[Dak]

I think that for legal reasons you might have to inform your enployers if you put a keylogger on their work computer.

 

for kids, if you put a keyloger on the pc and dont tell them and they find out, the results can be explosive.

 

so you should probably tell them if you install a keylogger.

[the tree]

If the site you want is on a local server then it's pretty simple: no internet connection.

[Pangloss]

thank you for your replays and great ideas.

In fact the idea was to block some employees in a shop of brows internet except the website which they need to register the bill in. Then the idea to use it in home as well has came.

In such situation what is the best idea?

 

In a case like that I'd use a third-party program that controlled access to the Internet through a server. You've got to control a number of computers at once, so fiddling with the settings on each computer is not very efficient, and you don't know what they might be able to hack locally while they're sitting there. You can do it with policy, but it'd take a lot of fiddling and a good bit of testing.

 

Microsoft's ISA Server can do the job, and conveniently can be set up as a domain with policies governing the local workstations. But that's not a very cost-effective approach, except in the Small Business Server approach. I think most Internet Cafe type places use other software, but I don't know what they use.

[H2SO4]

Why in the world would you want to limit your children to only one wbsite? The internet is so vast and just awesome. To me, limiting a kid to one website is like only letting your kids in the backyard, and know where else. Why do you want to restrict your kids internet access? Are you crazy? If its content like porn or violence or watever that your worried about just get parental control software. Norton internet security has a good parental control and antivirus and firewall. But then again if they are computer literate they will kill some processes and take down the parental control. Is it a religious thing? If so why even have the internet?

 

 

The internet is full of knowledge, and gives us the power to socialize (like we are now) wether it be forums or email or instant messengers. Im sure wveryone here has learned alot from the internet.

 

 

and just curious, what site is it you want them to have access to?

[tdgonzales]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=154780

 

There ya go just change all your short cuts to the right command, and then protect them as read only and make sure you are the only one with admin rights.

 

Once again comp savy kids can screw you, but no matter what you do a comp savy kid will walk around you.

 

It only took me like 3 days to break net nanny...

[albertlee]

use a router???

 

My router has parental control function, and it cannot be altered because the router can be password protected, although I never tell my parents there's such function though

 

Of course, you put the router in your room, and best of all, they can connect to it wirelessly.

[CPL.Luke]

couldn't you try setting up the web page in a file on the computer, and then just directing the browser there? its been a while since I've use windows so I'm not sure

[eruheru]

If your willing to spend some money, tell the employes just to use the one site and set up a servailence system

[ecoli]

use a router???

 

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On my router you have the option of controlling what urls you let it connect to. You can restrict certain sites, or do the opposite and allow only certain sites by merely typing in the addresses. Maybe your router has something like this.