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How to prevent users from downloading any files?
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| ahpama 2003-07-02, 5:57 am |
| Hi Guys,
I am faced with a requirement in our company preventing users from downloading anything on their desktop. To be precise they want users only to have browsing functions and no downloading should be involved.
Any of you have any idea how to attack the scenario?
Any input is highly regarded.
Regards,
Albert | |
| enforcer 2003-07-02, 6:14 am |
| I am assuming you mean from the internet.
programs like websense can do it.
what sort of firewall or proxy server are you using? | |
| ahpama 2003-07-02, 8:30 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by enforcer
I am assuming you mean from the internet.
programs like websense can do it.
what sort of firewall or proxy server are you using?
Thanks..Enforcer.
I am using NETCACHE for my proxy server. Currently we are using SMARTFILTER instead of Websense.
Regards | |
| ciscokid79 2003-07-12, 11:11 pm |
| This is kinda overkill but you could disable the ability for users to download files in the internet options applet security tab. | |
| Deja-vue 2003-07-12, 11:31 pm |
| ahpama
what OS are the Users running? And... how many Users? | |
| ahpama 2003-07-13, 12:01 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by ciscokid79
This is kinda overkill but you could disable the ability for users to download files in the internet options applet security tab.
Thanks a lot ciscokid79. Actually I already made it by creating ACL's on my NETCACHE engine particularly not allowing all my users to download typical downloadable files like (.exe, zip, gzip etc...) and it worked.
BUt I thank you again for this as I am not aware that this option exist on the IE alone...  THis is really overkill if you have lots of users. But as far as we are concerned it is fine with us. I think that can be configured on a GPO and I will have a look on that one.
Many thanks to you Ciscokid79. | |
| aawmorris 2003-07-13, 12:49 am |
| GPO will do it. | |
| nero64 2003-07-14, 6:48 am |
| I couldn't find a GPO that covers this. |
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