Re: Transparent Screen Lock for Win NT/2000/XP

[Birl <sbirl () temple edu>]

As it was written on Aug 14, thus Cathy Milan spake unto security-basics@se...:

Cathy:  Date: 14 Aug 2003 15:53:21 -0000
Cathy:  From: Cathy Milan <cathymilan () excite com>
Cathy:  To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Cathy:  Subject: Re: Transparent Screen Lock for Win NT/2000/XP
Cathy:
Cathy:  In-Reply-To: <311985A08E8BD211A6FB0000832F4E1E04EFA31A@SRVNTEXC>
Cathy:
Cathy:  Hi Chris,
Cathy:
Cathy:  Yes that is pretty much exactly what we need to do.  We have
Cathy:  an app that shows the status of jobs that take very long to
Cathy:  complete.  We want people to be able to see the status of jobs
Cathy:  but do not want them to be able to terminate them (or do anything
Cathy:  else for that matter)
Cathy:
Cathy:  This seems to be an easy solution.  Can you think of any others?
Cathy:
Cathy:  Thanks for your feedback.



Im curious as to why you wouldnt set up a BIOS keyboard lock, unless the
BIOS does not have that option?

That way, you wouldnt need any screensaver to run and the mouse and
keyboard are locked until someone enters the BIOS password.


Thanks

 Scott Birl                              http://concept.temple.edu/sysadmin/
 Senior Systems Administrator            Computer Services   Temple University
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Cathy:  >Just out of curiousity, what makes this software particularly interesting
Cathy:  >for you?
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >Do you want to lock the servers with the event log or task manager
Cathy:  showing,
Cathy:  >and let people who are not allowed to 'touch' the servers monitor the logs
Cathy:  >and load, or what?
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >badenIT GmbH
Cathy:  >System Support
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >Chris Meidinger
Cathy:  >Tullastrasse 70
Cathy:  >79108 Freiburg
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >-----Original Message-----
Cathy:  >From: Cathy Milan [mailto:cathymilan () excite com]
Cathy:  >Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 1:37 AM
Cathy:  >To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Cathy:  >Subject: Transparent Screen Lock for Win NT/2000/XP
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >We have been testing the Transparent Screen Lock
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >http://www.e-motional.com/TScreenLock.htm
Cathy:  >
Cathy:  >It basically allows you to prevent access to a Windows server
Cathy:  >but allows the display to be visible.Before going ahead with
Cathy:  >a large scale installation I was wonderingif any of you guys
Cathy:  >have had any experience with it (Both good orbad) that may
Cathy:  >affect our decision.

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