SomeoneE1se Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I'm creating a student administration program in PHP and I don't trust any students... so here's my question How would you lock down a system to only startup a system with a web browser that can only visit one website/page? I don't want them to be able to see anything but the webpage/site if I have to type in a command at startup that's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakish Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 You could just strip what ever OS you have to bare bones and install a parental control program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Edubuntu ftw? Edubuntu has lots of options to prevents normal users from doing things you don't want them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 If you have to use windows, create a Small Program to Replace Explorer that is a web browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 If you have to use windows, create a Small Program to Replace Explorer that is a web browser. striped down version of Firefox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 If you have to use windows, create a Small Program to Replace Explorer that is a web browser. striped down version of Firefox? I would do that if I knew how to strip it down. I'll also take a look at edubuntu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanob0t Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 You could create a script that would send a pulse through the mouse if they opened up more than one window and it would taze them. That's a more.... violent way. Or make it more exciting. A window opens up in the computer and a tesla coil comes out and sends a few amps through them. That will teach the kids :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unasoto Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 You could create a script that would send a pulse through the mouse if they opened up more than one window and it would taze them. That's a more.... violent way. that could be a nice mod project for a usb mouse. 5 Vdc could have a nice bite ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I'm creating a student administration program in PHPand I don't trust any students... so here's my question How would you lock down a system to only startup a system with a web browser that can only visit one website/page? I don't want them to be able to see anything but the webpage/site if I have to type in a command at startup that's fine. You can set teh windows shell to be any program you want, FF, or IE, or word or whatever. http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/850/ Content filter and allow only that particular website. try squidguard http://www.squidguard.org/ or dansguardian http://dansguardian.org/ hope that helps, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I set media center to be the shell on my pvr (dvr, what ever). Doesn't realy help load times though, it's still slow as microsoft designed it to be. Shame my TV card doesn't work with the Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoaliendog Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Well, to limit your users to one page, you could use some sort of proxy, but instead of pulling from a cache it sends your home page. a tesla coil comes out and sends a few amps through them. ...I thought Tesla coils were High voltage, high freq, low amps. I don't really have much knowledge in electronics, but a friend explained to me that, due to the high frequency, the electricity would pass over your body, not through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Well, to limit your users to one page, you could use some sort of proxy, but instead of pulling from a cache it sends your home page. a tesla coil comes out and sends a few amps through them. ...I thought Tesla coils were High voltage, high freq, low amps. I don't really have much knowledge in electronics, but a friend explained to me that, due to the high frequency, the electricity would pass over your body, not through it. I think tt's a myth that the electricity will only flow over a human body and not through it (although there is some physics behind it, I think it's misintepreted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Well, to limit your users to one page, you could use some sort of proxy, but instead of pulling from a cache it sends your home page. On that note, since it'll only be used to view that one site, why is it even able to access the internet (which you must then lock down)? Put it on a subnet with not access to the outside world. Put the webserver on a machine in that subnet which hosts that one site, or code a pass-through proxy that will only access that one site. Add a DNS server to that subnet which will return that web or proxy server's IP address to all unresolved queries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-ram Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 mouse + tazer + ductape + wires and a little coding = problem solved (although PTA mettings might be a little rough) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanob0t Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 ...I thought Tesla coils were High voltage, high freq, low amps. I don't really have much knowledge in electronics, but a friend explained to me that, due to the high frequency, the electricity would pass over your body, not through it. Yes, it's true. Tesla coils work on extreme amounts of voltage. But, if you up the watts by adding some amps to those extreme amounts of voltage it would be more.... Well.... shocking :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 would 127.0.0.1                      * IP of webpage    www.studentscript.com in the hostfile work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicada Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 you could just use BartPE with firefox...that's how we're running some of our internet kiosks on my campus.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 fullerscreen to the rescue because we will be using a touch screen it's very unlikely that someone will mistakenly do something "unwanted". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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