[THIN] Re: OT: Restricting IE On Terminal Server

Interesting - I will check it out. Thanks.

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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of George Yobst
Sent: 31 December 2003 9:02 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Restricting IE On Terminal Server


Public Web Browser is cheap - $100/year for unlimited users, and you can
limit where they browse.  http://www.teamsoftwaresolutions.com
It runs off the IE dll's and is very configurable.
-George

Ryan Lambert wrote:
> The answer NO is free and cheap. J
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Adragna [mailto:bill.adragna@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:26 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Restricting IE On Terminal Server
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> whoops. definitely NOT free and definitely NOT cheap...
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> Jeff Durbin wrote:
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> I should have clarified. This customer is looking for something free 
> or
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> cheap!
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
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> Of Bill Adragna
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> Sent: 31 December 2003 8:05 AM
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> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Restricting IE On Terminal Server
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> we use content management software called Websense.  You must use 
> Proxy
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> in conjunction with it to discriminate between different TS users, or
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> you can eliminate the need for proxy by creating IE filtering per
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> server, and directing users to the 'Desktop' of the server that has 
> the
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> internet access you wish to allow.
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> Jeff Durbin wrote:
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>> I want to give a group of users Internet Explorer, but restrict them
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>>to certain web sites. What's the best way to do this?
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>> I thought this would be quite straightforward using Content Advisor
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>>via Group Policy. I enabled it for a GPO that applied to a group of
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>>users and restricted them to certain sites. I logged on as on of the
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>>users and did receive the restriction. However, I then noticed that my
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>>administrator's session to the same server was also restricted. I
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>>verified that, even though the Content Advistor settings are listed
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>>under the User Configuration (Windows Settings, Internet Explorer
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>>Maintenance, Security , Security Zones and Content Ratings), any
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>>restriction applied to any user on a server causes those settings to 
>>be
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>>applied to *all* users. Any ideas? (I know about kiosk mode, but since
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>>I'm publishing a desktop, they could create a shortcut to Iexplore.exe
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>>in their home drive and get a normal instance of IE, so I want
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>>something a little more sure).
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>>Thanks and Happy New Year,
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>>Jeff Durbin
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