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> > b) Software: The ideal would be to have a web browser limited to the local
> > domain which after a period of inactivity would revert to a rolling
> > display.  Has anyone done or attempted to do this?
> > 
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> Netscape Navigator can be run in 'kiosk' mode, which is a cut down 
> version of the browser without navigation icons and toolbars. To get 
> kiosk mode, run netscape with the following command line
> 
> netscape -k
> 
Yes, we've used this approach successfully but still wonder what the 
easiest way might be to restrict access from kiosked browsers to 
specific addresses/domains?  Filtering software?  Proxy caches? 
Linux? - Any advice?

Steve
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Steve Scott
Information Systems
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
EDINBURGH EH8 9LJ

Tel +44 131 650 6954
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