Ross, Generally the term you want to search for is "kiosk". For example, Googling for Kiosk Linux will turn up a lot of useful results. Cheers, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Honniball [mailto:ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:15 AM > To: php windows > Subject: Secure customer service web page browser > > Hey, > > Warning: not really a PHP question. > > Apologies for posting this question here, but I figure PHP > people have plenty of general web-browser and system > experience between them. > > We have some old machines (pentium II 348Mhz 128M RAM 3Gig > HDD) that I would like to use as in-shop customer enquiries > machines to save them going to land fill. > > All they need to be capable of is running a web-browser, > directed at a specific site (in-house site that enquires on > inventory information). > > The only issue is security. I want to make it impossible for > the customers to either visit other web sites or to do > anything else on the PC. > > Anyone know the best approach to take? Maybe some kind of > linux distro running some custom browser? > > Thanks for your help. > > . Ross Honniball JCU Bookshop Cairns Supervisor > . James Cook Uni, McGregor Rd, Smithfield, Qld. 4878, Australia > . Ph:07.4042.1157 Fx:07.4042.1158 Em:ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To > unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
