in reply to Re: Can I use Http::Proxy to intercept and deny URLs?
in thread Can I use Http::Proxy to intercept and deny URLs?

A CTRL-ALT-Delete would activate the Task Manager, and your kids could then either kill the application, or simply kill the processes that are running that have to do with proxies.

Not if the proxy is run as administrator and the kids accounts do not have that privilege.

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Re^3: Can I use Http::Proxy to intercept and deny URLs?
by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Feb 26, 2006 at 14:05 UTC

    ...or if the proxy lives on another machine on the intranet, and only that proxy can head out the firewall.

    --MidLifeXis

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      Indeed. And if the browser is amenable to proper configuration, and properly configured, then non-administrators would not be able to disable proxy configuration either.

      I haven't tried this, (no kids to worry about), with recent browsers like Firefox and Opera, but it should be possible to protect their configuration files/registry entries so that non administrators cannot make changes. I'm not sure whether this would prevent transient changes in non-MS browsers, but it was certainly possible to cripple IE 4/5 in this way for corporate purposes.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        But then, can't the kids just install a different browser and configure them not to use a proxy?

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