Re: Disabling Internet Access

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 12/01/02


From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 09:17:14 -0500


"Brett Webb" <bwebb@lakeridgeumc.org> wrote in message
news:2103701c298bc$704af770$89f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA01...
> I know there is a way todo what I am trying to do, but I
> can't remember what it is. I want to block individual
> client workstations from accessing the internet, while
> still allowing them to use the internal network
> resources. Most of my client machines are currently
> running Win 9x, and my server is running Win 2000. Any
> help is greatly appreciated.

I think the most secure way is to use a firewall [or proxy server, squid,
etc.]. Since IP addresses can be changed, it's probably better to use a
solution that includes some sort of user authentication instead of trying to
block by machine or by IP address.

Free and not-free firewalls are listed at:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall



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