configuration suggestions and browser lockdowns

[john]

Hi Bill,

Public fox  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3911 the
extension for firefox that I just learned about from Peter will do the
kind of whitelisting/blacklisting that OSX/Safari does.

HTH,

John


On 10/17/07, Bill Moseley <moseley at hank.org> wrote:
> Our small elementary school received a donation of reasonably new
> machines, all fast P4s with 1GB and large disks.  One common use is
> educational games via flash over the Internet.  Although much of the
> documentation discusses using LTSP, my thinking is that there will be
> quite a bit of screen bandwidth needed.  Since the machines are
> powerful I'm thinking it makes more sense to not use LTSP.
>
> This does make management a bit more difficult, though, especially
> if the school decides to give out logins for each student using the
> machines (instead of, say, a "guest" login).
>
> Can anyone offer suggestions how to best setup this configuration.
> Seems like NFS mounting /home, but I'm wondering what else can be
> shared to ease management.
>
> Another question is how to lock down the machines.  I've looked at the
> Lockdown Editor Pessulus and Sabayon.  What about blocking URLs?  Mac
> OSX/Safari has a reasonably easy parenteral control where the browser
> won't go to any domain that isn't defined.  And when it's attempted
> the admin can enter their password to provide access.  Any pointers
> how to implement this?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
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