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Shared laptops.

JJJJNR · 2009-03-11 00:07:14

I do a bit of voluntary work and I've a couple of laptops for internet access coming in, I need to make sure they will be fairly tight when it comes to accessing sites that should be restricted for teens..anyone have any advice on what application to use.. These will be floating laptops and will be taken out of the local…

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11-03-2009 1:07am

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I do a bit of voluntary work and I've a couple of laptops for internet access coming in, I need to make sure they will be fairly tight when it comes to accessing sites that should be restricted for teens..anyone have any advice on what application to use..

These will be floating laptops and will be taken out of the local domain and used by members of the public... i.e. teens..

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#2 11-03-2009 2:28pm
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Ok, to keep the system integrity I'm going to use ms steady state, this will deny people installing software on the laptops, I'd really need some sort of firewall to prevent them accessing any po*n sites etc.

Anyone got some suggestions..

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#3 11-03-2009 3:25pm
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http://www1.k9webprotection.com/getk9/index.php

Free and it works, nice loud bark too when a blocked site comes up.

MC

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#4 11-03-2009 5:53pm
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Thanks +1

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