Remotely control clients' web usage

Hi all,
i'm in need to easily manage web surfing rights of the clients in my
network remotely.
I'm in search of an utility of some sort allowing me to grant / refuse web
surfing through a simple interface, maybe a web interface showing a
"on/off" button per client.
Is there any easy and fast utility doing this for windows server 2003?

Thanks

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spidernik84 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi all,
> i'm in need to easily manage web surfing rights of the clients in my
> network remotely.
> I'm in search of an utility of some sort allowing me to grant /
> refuse web surfing through a simple interface, maybe a web interface
> showing a "on/off" button per client.
> Is there any easy and fast utility doing this for windows server 2003?
>
> Thanks

ISA would likely be the easiest way to use this. Or a simple proxy server.
Nothing built-in will do this, & I can't think of many methods that would
meet your requirements (easily toggled, on a per user basis). Perhaps you
could setup a bogus proxy server in some users' profiles and not permit them
to change the settings.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> ISA would likely be the easiest way to use this. Or a simple proxy
> server. Nothing built-in will do this, & I can't think of many methods
> that would meet your requirements (easily toggled, on a per user
> basis). Perhaps you could setup a bogus proxy server in some users'
> profiles and not permit them to change the settings.

Hi Lanwench,
thanks for your reply.
Actually the bogus proxy solution is the one i adopted: through windows
policies i hided proxy settings and made all the clients point towards a
server running Freeproxy. Toggling freeproxy allows me to control internet
access. The only con is the unpossibility to stop internet usage on a per
user basis...


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spidernik84 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> ISA would likely be the easiest way to use this. Or a simple proxy
>> server. Nothing built-in will do this, & I can't think of many
>> methods that would meet your requirements (easily toggled, on a per
>> user basis). Perhaps you could setup a bogus proxy server in some
>> users' profiles and not permit them to change the settings.
>
> Hi Lanwench,
> thanks for your reply.
> Actually the bogus proxy solution is the one i adopted: through
> windows policies i hided proxy settings and made all the clients
> point towards a server running Freeproxy. Toggling freeproxy allows
> me to control internet access. The only con is the unpossibility to
> stop internet usage on a per user basis...

Yes, that is a problem. Perhaps you should look into ISA or third party
proxy software that will let you control this at the server.