[NCSA-discuss] windows firewall question

[Marcos Santana]

If you're looking for software to install to allow just certain websites, you can try something like Net Nanny.
 

> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:52:21 -0500
> From: johjeff at gmail.com
> To: ncsa-discussion at ncsysadmin.org
> Subject: Re: [NCSA-discuss] windows firewall question
> 
> Most security sites provide this feature now a days. Search for Windows
> white list black list security our something along those lines. Of course,
> the employee would likely have to use a restricted user account, otherwise
> they could easily bypass software on the local machine. Ideally you should
> provide a external proxy server or firewall to provide this function.
> 
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> On Dec 14, 2011 10:09 PM, "Joseph Mack NA3T" <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> 
> > A friend has a shop that's not particularly busy and the new person at the
> > counter seems to have used the PoS machine (WinXP) to surf the internet and
> > download viruses while waiting for customers to buy something. The viruses
> > stop the PoS machine from doing its PoS work which is distressing to my
> > friend. Firing the clerk isn't an option apparently.
> >
> > The WinXP machine is connected via a DSL box to the internet. The machine
> > only has to connect to the sites of a few (say 10) vendors to handle
> > ordering. A possible solution would be to setup a firewall that only
> > allowed access to the vendor sites, with new sites being added on in a gui.
> > I'd expected ZoneAlarm could do this, but on checking with their technical
> > people (via a chat room), I found that ZoneAlarm doesn't do this.
> >
> > Any windows firewalls that work the way I want?
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks Joe
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