Re: Keyloggers in computer labs

[Graham Toal <gtoal () UTPA EDU>]

> How are you protecting your computer labs from the installation of
> keyloggers?   Lab managers want to use local administrator or
> power user
> accounts on these machines so that various applications run
> properly, but of course, that exposes these public machines
> to the possibility of anything being installed.  Re-imaging
> or return point strategies such as Deep Freeze still leave
> the machines vulnerable for a certain period of time.
>
> What approaches are being used to protect public machines
> other than not allowing privileged logins?

Have you considered locking down the machine completely, and
giving the students a fresh copy of a vmware image every
time they log in?  Let them install a keylogger on the
temporary image, won't do them any good.  Satisfies the
academics requests for allowing students to install
software.

G