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RideWay has some security control features that allow a manager to restrict and monitor what access
a Client PC has to the Internet. There are a couple different scenarios where RideWay's security
administration can be implemented:
 
 

Provide Select computers on LAN with full access
Prevent computers from ANY Internet access
Provide conditional access for certain computers
 

Provide Select computers on LAN with full access

In some environments, such as a office or classroom setting, it is important that an administrator or managers
have full access to the Internet. In this case,

* Start RideWay
* Click 'Server'
* Click 'Security Administration'
 

* Check 'Internet access control for internal computers.'

In the box on the left marked, 'Internal computers with full access', you would enter the
IP addresses of the machines you want full access as follows:

    Click 'Add' in the box for 'Internal computers with full access'
    Click 'Specify and IP address and subnet mask:
 

Repeat this step for each PC you wish to grant full access

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Prevent computers on the LAN from accessing ANY site on the Internet

To prevent machines on the LAN from accessing the Internet,

* Start RideWay
* Click 'Server'
* Click 'Security Administration'
 

* Check 'Internet access control for internal computers.'

In the box on the right marked, 'Internal computers with no access', you would enter the
IP addresses of the machines you want 'No' access as follows:

    Click 'Add' in the box for 'Internal computers with full access'
    Click 'Specify and IP address and subnet mask.
    Click OK.
 
 

In some cases, you may want some PCs to access only a select number of
Internet sites.  Conversely, you can also "Blacklist" specific web sites.
 
Access to select Internet sites
 
                    Let's say that you are a manager of financial consutling firm. You
                    only want your staff to access certain web sites that pertain to
                    your business. In this case, you allow access only to a select
                    number of sites:
 

                    * Start RideWay
                    * Click 'Server'
                    * Click 'Security Administration'
                    * Click 'Internal access control for Internal computers'

                    * Click the box that says, 'Permit internal computers access to external computers'

                    * In the box on the lower left (Internal Computers), click 'Add' A box will come
                       up asking you to specify a domain name or IP address. In the Internal computers
                       box on the lower left-hand side, enter the IP addresses of the computers on your
                       LAN that you only want them to access specified sites. In this example, say you want
                       to limit your staff to finance web sites such as CNNFn, The Wall  Street Journal, and
                       Barrons Online.

                     * In the box to the right marked 'External Computers' (i.e. the sites on the Internet), you can
                        enter the URL (web address, www.xxx.xxx) or IP address of the web site you only want
                        your staff to access.

 
                        Based on this example, your configuration in Security Administration will look like this:
 

 
                         In the preceding example, The Wall Street Journal web site has been entered as
                         '206.157.193.20.'

 
                         * Click 'OK'.

                         With these settings in place, the computers listed under 'Internal computers'
                         can only access the sites listed in 'External computers' If a user attempts
                         to access any other site on the Internet, he or she will receive an error
                         message
 

 
Blocking access to specific sites on the Internet

RideWay comes with the ability to "blacklist" or block access to certain sites on the Internet.
In this example, say you are an office manager concerned that staff may be tempted to
log onto known sex or sports sites during office time.
 

                   * Start RideWay
                   * Click 'Server'
                   * Click 'Security Administration'
                   * Click 'Internal access control for Internal computers'

                   * Click the box that says, 'Deny internal computers access to external computers'

                   *  In the box on the lower left (Internal Computers), click 'Add' A box will come
                       up asking you to specify a domain name or IP address. In the Internal computers
                       box on the lower left-hand side, enter the IP addresses of the computers on your
                       LAN that you do not wish to have access to specific web sites on the Internet.
                       In this example, we use the ficticious web sites of 'www.porno.com' and
                       'www.sportsonline.net.' These addresses are entered into the 'External computers'
                        box as follows:
 

                        Internal computers now have access to all sites on the Internet except the
                        sites listed in External computers. If a user attempts to access one of
                        the external computer sites, he or she will receive an error message.
 

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