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| Thread ID: 81547 | 2007-07-31 03:42:00 | Disabling History in Internet Explorer 6 | sweetinnocence (7223) | Press F1 |
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| 574432 | 2007-07-31 04:54:00 | I see IE 6 and 7 can use Kiosk mode . Which by the looks of it, removes everything . Would that fix it? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 574433 | 2007-07-31 05:06:00 | possibly, how do i do this?? | sweetinnocence (7223) | ||
| 574434 | 2007-07-31 05:09:00 | Info here (support.microsoft.com) And here for IE 7 (samanathon.com) Which looks pretty similar to what u do in IE 6. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 574435 | 2007-07-31 21:08:00 | this still gives them the option to press Ctrl + H to get to the History. good thought tho! |
sweetinnocence (7223) | ||
| 574436 | 2007-07-31 22:21:00 | this (malektips.com) Might fix that |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 574437 | 2007-08-01 04:37:00 | It looks as if the Kiosk mode is designed for use in "public" mode, with access only to a particular web "site", with no particular security except that. That might be OK: the individual's information would be password protected; they should be able to access only their own, whatever's in the history files. Try it out. ;) You don't have to have Windows installed on a PC's own disk. You can use it as a client, with the software coming from a server. Each user would have to log in, and they might accumulate their own history files, or you could have such things wiped as part of the logout procedure. This would be more work, but could be really locked down. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 574438 | 2007-08-01 21:53:00 | We were thinking we might be able to get the script changed on the page so that the local history is deleted once the user logs out, as the user can not close Internet Explorer, they dont have access to anything other than the webpage, no buttons, but if they knew to hit Ctrl + H this brings up history. Payslips are in a pdf file, these are the only files which open from the history, this is the reason for concern. The other thing we could look at is the disabling of Ctrl, Alt (shortcut keys), or if i could somehow change the Ctrl + H to something other than opening the History. Anyone know how to do this??? Cheers for your help. |
sweetinnocence (7223) | ||
| 574439 | 2007-08-02 04:25:00 | Surely just deleting the history isn't sufficient security on the pdf files? If I can look at my pdf file, I can look at the address bar and make a good guess at the filename of your pdf file. And the boss's pdf file. ;) If they are in the same directory, I can see them. Security by obscurity doesn't work. It's not even very obscure. :( I think what's needed is a password protected directory for each employee. Then most of the implementation and security problems will go away. You might not even need the kiosk computers. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 574440 | 2007-08-03 03:05:00 | Thank you everyone for all your help . I have found the solution just by playing with the Registry: To Disable History in Internet Explorer: Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell folder and change both History and Cache entries to something different, i . e . C:\historydelete\ . Now when you open the History inside Internet Explorer when Ctrl+H is executed, nothing is displayed . |
sweetinnocence (7223) | ||
| 574441 | 2007-08-03 03:33:00 | I still feel that the history should not matter . Noone should be able to access a file without the appropriate access privilege . Have you got enough security to maintain privacy? What happens to cached files? Can you see those without access control? |
Graham L (2) | ||
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