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Re: Keyloggers in computer labs
From: Graham Toal <gtoal () UTPA EDU>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 08:52:32 -0600
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
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