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Re: Public Machine Access
From: Theresa Semmens <theresa.semmens () NDSU EDU>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:07:16 -0600
We use Deep Freeze as well, and Zenworks for updates. Theresa Semmens, CISA IT Security Officer North Dakota State University IACC 210C Ph: 701-231-5870 E-mail: theresa.semmens () ndsu edu "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Edison -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rogowski [mailto:m.rogowski () UWINNIPEG CA] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:37 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Public Machine Access We use Deep Freeze from Faronics - works VERY well: http://www.faronics.com/index.asp Students can do anything they want to systems to polute them. Once rebooted, the system goes back to normal. open lab systems have been configured to automatically reboot after 30 minutes of non-use. This ensures that the machine is clean when someone needs it. Students are notified to save any and all work to network drives and not the local system. Patches are deployed when they are tested ok. An 'unfreeze' period occurs weekly and is automatic (e.g. every Tuesday morning at 3:00am machines get unfrozen to accept any changes made to the system config). The machines are configured to check for updates during this unfreeze period and install them if they are there. After a couple of hours, the systems are told to reboot in a frozen state. So far, its working for us.... hth, Mark Rogowski IT Security Technology Solutions Centre University of Winnipeg Ph: (204) 786-9034
FlaggMD () HIRAM EDU 01/23/06 12:20 PM >>>
We are constantly fighting with out "lab" computers, we currently allow them admin privileges then rebuild the machine upon every reboot. Dealing with Microsoft patches has been a nightmare. We also have laptops that we lend out and that causes another set of issues. What tools are you using? Any inexpensive tools available? Martin D. Flagg Network Engineer/Administrator Hiram College - When you want nothing you are seldom lacking.
Current thread:
- Public Machine Access Flagg, Martin D. (Jan 23)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Public Machine Access Mark Rogowski (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Valdis Kletnieks (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Valdis Kletnieks (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Mark Rogowski (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Valdis Kletnieks (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Mark Rogowski (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Theresa Semmens (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Flagg, Martin D. (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Joel Rosenblatt (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Mark Rogowski (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Cal Frye (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Gary Flynn (Jan 23)
- Re: Public Machine Access Cal Frye (Jan 23)