Guidance needed for setting up a proxy server

I need a method to restrict our users to a limited number of websites - and
have been told that a PROXY SERVER is required. I'm not sure what is
involved, or how to set this up but would like to find info to do so. This
is for a small company whose users access info through a terminal server and
use the terminal server's IE 7 to reach websites. I want to restrict SOME of
the users to 10 websites, and others to have access to any website.

Are there IIS Proxy Server installation 'how-to' resources out there?
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pbrill1

Re: Guidance needed for setting up a proxy server

Hello,

IIS does not have a proxy server. Perhaps you mean ISA Server? It has
proxy capabilities.


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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


pbrill1 wrote:

>I need a method to restrict our users to a limited number of websites - and
>have been told that a PROXY SERVER is required. I'm not sure what is
>involved, or how to set this up but would like to find info to do so. This
>is for a small company whose users access info through a terminal server
>and
>use the terminal server's IE 7 to reach websites. I want to restrict SOME
>of
>the users to 10 websites, and others to have access to any website.
>
>Are there IIS Proxy Server installation 'how-to' resources out there?

Re: Guidance needed for setting up a proxy server

Apparently so. Looking at the Microsoft ISA server website, it appears that
I must need to buy another product to limit users from accessing anything
other than the designated websites. Thanks.
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pbrill1


"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> IIS does not have a proxy server. Perhaps you mean ISA Server? It has
> proxy capabilities.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>
>
> pbrill1 wrote:
>
> >I need a method to restrict our users to a limited number of websites - and
> >have been told that a PROXY SERVER is required. I'm not sure what is
> >involved, or how to set this up but would like to find info to do so. This
> >is for a small company whose users access info through a terminal server
> >and
> >use the terminal server's IE 7 to reach websites. I want to restrict SOME
> >of
> >the users to 10 websites, and others to have access to any website.
> >
> >Are there IIS Proxy Server installation 'how-to' resources out there?
>

Re: Guidance needed for setting up a proxy server

On Aug 30, 9:16 pm, pbrill1 wrote:
> I need a method to restrict our users to a limited number of websites - and
> have been told that a PROXY SERVER is required. I'm not sure what is
> involved, or how to set this up but would like to find info to do so. This
> is for a small company whose users access info through a terminal server and
> use the terminal server's IE 7 to reach websites. I want to restrict SOME of
> the users to 10 websites, and others to have access to any website.
>
> Are there IIS Proxy Server installation 'how-to' resources out there?
> --
> pbrill1


While you can run a proxy server on IIS, it is not advised nor is it
the proper solution to your requirement.

On the Microsoft networking platform, you get user-level network
restriction/control starting with Vista Client/Server. All prior
Windows versions will require some form of 3rd party hacks and non-
integrated solution to accomplish an approximation because there is no
way to have one machine's networking protocols work one way for one
user and another way for another user, and certainly not when users of
different requiremnts are simultaneously logged in on the same server.

For example, you have to plug everyone into the same outbound proxy
server, like Microsoft ISA Server 2006, which can throttle which IPs
are allowed on a per authenticated user basis. However, this requires
ISA Server and client-side configuration, and the clients are still
free to access any internal IP/services without ISA. With Vista, all
those networking parameters are centrally controllable without ISA
Server.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
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