[K12OSN] Anyone setup their LTSP server web browser to redirect to a user accpetance page?

Tue Jul 3 04:58:07 UTC 2007

I haven't done it with NoCatSplash, but I have done it with OpenBSD and
Cisco PIXes.  The problem is that all of these methods work via
packet-filtering rules (e. g. iptables).  This is fine if you're talking
about a single-user box, but when you're dealing with a multi-user
machine (e. g. one running LTSP), then once one student authenticates to
NoCatSplash/OpenBSD/CiscoPIX/etc., then the firewall rule allows
everybody else's traffic from that IP address, too.  That means that
only that single student sees the user acceptance page, and everyone
else can try to claim ignorance.  You don't want to give kids--or their
(sometimes very difficult) parents any ammo to use against you and your
principal.

Better, I think, to go with a posted policy and tell the kids about it. 
If you're in the USA, then case law in this country says that ignorance
of the law is no excuse.  The reason for that is that the law is
available to anyone who wants to go into a law library and read it for
free.  Same goes for posted policies.  We've suspended, and even
expelled, more than one kid for doing things he or she wasn't supposed
to do on the computer systems.

--TP
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wilson at wilsonch.gotdns.com wrote:
> Anyone know of a way to redirect web traffic to a user acceptance page
> first before allowing them to surf the web? Im looking at NoCatSplash
> (http://nocat.net) for all my users LTSP & Wireless clients. Anyone get
> this working or know of a way to do this? Thanks!
>
> Setup is CentOS, LTSP, Dansguardian, and Squid.
>
>
> Wilson
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