Main Settings

Before running Cyt-Lox you should set up your default home page, idle time and administrator's password.

By default Cyt-Lox opens a blank web page as the home page, and returns to the home page every 2 minutes of inactivity. The default administrator's password is "fred" (lower case). It is recommended that you change this password before using Cyt-Lox.

To change the appearance of your Cyt-Lox browser choose one of the skins listed in the drop down list. Choosing "Custom" will open then Custom Design window.s

Click "Set" to apply your new settings for Cyt-Lox.

Cyt-Lox uses Internet Explorer's connection details to access the modem or network connection, ensure this is set up correctly before using Cyt-Lox. For maximum security your PC should connect to the Internet via a network/proxy server or hold your promotional material on the hard drive. IMPORTANT: You must set your internet connection to dial automatically and save the connection password as you will not be able to do this whilst Cyt-Lox is running.

To run Cyt-Lox at start up simply place a short cut to "Cyt-Lox.exe" in your start-up folder.

The Register button shown in fig.1 is used to upgrade from the evaluation copy of Cyt-Lox to the full copy.

The Security button is used to open the Content Control window.

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Content Control

Cyt-Lox contains a content control system (fig.2), this system lists the URLs and local directories that Cyt-Lox can visit. It also lists the protocols and file types that cannot be viewed/used by Cyt-Lox. To prevent access to your PC's operating system the "mailto:" HREF of the HTML <A> tag is disallowed, this setting cannot be removed. It is recommended that the ".exe" & ".zip" file types are disallowed as they would open the "Save As" dialog box and give access to the operating system, however, consult with your web site developer before disallowing ".exe" as some CGI applications contain this extension and would be banned.

By default Cyt-Lox adds your home page to the list of allowed sites, if your home page includes a file name e.g.: http://www.mysite.com/mypage.html
you must add the base URL of the web site, e.g. :www.mysite.com

This is more evident when using local sites held on the PC's hard drive or networked drives, e.g.: "C:\MySite\index.htm" the allow list must include either "MySite" or "C:\MySite" else Cyt-Lox will only allow hyperlinks to "C:\MySite\index.htm".

To remove a site from the allow list double click the URL in the list, this will activate the "Add" & "Remove" buttons (fig.3). This also applies to the File Type list (fig.4). To add a site or file type, type the name into the text box below the list and click "Add".

NOTE: File extensions must include the "." before the extension and protocols must include the ":" after the protocol.

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Creating Custom Skins

Cyt-Lox contains a Custom Design window (fig. 5) for creating custom skins to suit your corporate image. Custom Design allows you to choose your own images for the Back, Home and Forward buttons as well as the background colour of the browser. The images supported are BMP, GIF & JPEG and should be no larger than 115x115 pixels, for best results use 75dpi. Note GIF images may not be animated however they may contain transparencies.

Cyt-Lox Logs

Cyt-Lox creates a new log file for each day it is used. These files are created in the "Logs" directory within the main Cyt-Lox directory. Log files have the following name format made from the current date: ddmmyyyy.cll, where dd = day, mm = month, yyyy= year, e.g.: 10042001.cll.

If at anytime during operation a user attempts to visit a site not listed in the allow list or access a banned file type or protocol this action is recorded in a "Hack" log, this format for these files is as the usage log above but prefixed with a "H", e.g.: H10042001.cll.

To read the logs use the Cyt-Lox Log Reader.

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Log Reader

Included with Cyt-Lox is "Log Reader" (fig.6), this application makes analysing your usage easier.

Opens a log file
Sorts the log file to hits per page
Lists the whole log file in raw format

Double clicking any of the entries in the log file opens a page analysis window showing the details of the page and listing the time of it hits.

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When Cyt-Lox is running the user can navigate your web site or promotional material using the hyperlinks within the pages or with the Forward, Back and Home buttons provided.

When Cyt-Lox is downloading pages or information the LED next to the home button is illuminated, whilst this is illuminated the user can click the LED to stop the download.

To terminate Cyt-Lox click the LED next to the back button and enter your administrator's password. The PC is then returned to normal operation.

Cyt-Lox does not contain a location input box to prevent free use of the Internet other than the site you have set as default. Cyt-Lox disables the right mouse click context menu and the Internet short cut keys CTRL-O, CTRL-L, CTRL-N, CTRL-W, CTRL-R, CTRL-S, ALT-LEFT & ALT-RIGHT. Cyt-Lox also disables the Windows key, CTRL-ALT-DEL, ALT-TAB, CTRL-TAB, CTRL-ESC, F1 and all other keyboard short cuts.

Cyt-Lox prevents the use of e-mail clients and can prevent the downloading of executable files, MSWord documents, *.ZIP & *.TAR files and Adobe Acrobat files that would require saving to disk (refer to Content Control). Cyt-Lox can also prevent downloading new connection wizards from ISPs.

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HTML Restrictions

Cyt-Lox allows the use of all HTML tags supported by Internet Explorer, however the "target" attribute of the <A> tag may not be pointed to "_blank". Cyt-Lox does not allow the opening of new windows to reduce security risks.

When Cyt-Lox detects a link to a new window it is automatically disallowed and recorded in the log file as "about:NavigationCancelled".

Using Plug-Ins

Cyt-Lox supports all plug-ins supported by Internet Explorer. Plug-ins you wish to use should be installed onto your system using Internet Explorer as the restrictions set in Cyt-Lox Content Control will prevent their download.

When using video players such as Media Player or Quicktime it is suggested you use the <EMBED> tag to prevent the opening of new application that could cause a security problem on your system.

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