Secure Browser - The Solution for Navigating on Interactive Terminals/Kiosks in Public Locations

A secure web browser is used especially for internet navigation in public locations. The secure web browser starts after the operating system has loaded, is covering the desktop of the operating system and protects against malicious users.
Besides this protective function of the operating system, a secure browser offers all the amenities of a regular web browser and a lot of other configurable features, as:

• Setting the start page and the time to return to the start page
• Setting a screen saver and the delay to enter this screen saver
• Settings for user interface - show / hide different buttons or set the browser to run in full screen
• Navigation filter - defining the rules to allow or disable the access on certain links
• Setting the property to send by email, navigation reports or application functionality logs
• Security settings - disable some keyboard combinations which could allow the malevolent users to access the operating system or prohibit some local applications which could be started in different ways
• Privacy settings - settings to remove navigation history, cookies, authenticated sessions, saved passwords or saved forms on different actions of the browser, like returning to start page or starting screen saver

A secure browser can be used in the simple mode only for protecting the OS or with some required customizations/options/functions:

• Sell-on-place - this option allows the integration of an online catalog of products  with the secure browser and also, give to the end-user, the possibility to pay the chosen products, with a credit card or with coins
• Quiz - this option allows the integration of a quiz with the secure browser, offers the possibility to promote products through the answers to the quiz questions and the possibility of surfing the links promote products, using a secure browser
• Multimedia - this option allows the integration of a secure browser with an interface (html page) with configurable buttons, containing links to files from local storage media, offering to the end-user the possibility to combine the web browsing with navigation between the various local resources such as PDF documents, presentations PPS films
• Easy-access - integration of the browser with an RFID based access mechanism in order to allow the employees of a company to access personal accounts from the company website
• Local administration - this option allows surfing the internet for obtaining information from different public institutions, the sending of the completed documents to the institution sought, the possibility of helping the end-user in completing of the paperwork or any problem encountered through a video conference with an operator of that institution, also the possibility of remote control of the operator to ensure real-time support on the local computer

EsBrowser is a secured web browser used for navigation on internet in public locations and not only. EsBrowser is a secure browser and provides security for browser-based applications, restricting users from accessing the OS and desktop. EsBrowser allow customization to limit Internet access.

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