Re: Classroom station logout

["David L. Wasley" <dlwasley () EARTHLINK NET>]

I was thinking along these same lines.  What is it that the lecturer
might seldom forget and leave in the classroom?   The only answer I
come up with is him/her self.  Therefore...

I've heard of some vendor developing bluetooth ID cards.  How about
issuing one to every lecturer with a neck chain so they just wear it?
The lectern machine would log in when a card comes near enough and
log out when it loses communication.  Clearly there are details to be
considered but if it works it could be faculty-friendly and secure
enough.

Just a thought.

        David

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At 11:10 AM -0400 on 4/17/07, H. Morrow Long wrote:

> 1.      There are devices which will sense the proximity of a card
>         such as a HID prox card and when that is moved away will
>         begin a countdown to lock or screenlock the system.
>
> 2.      You can get pressure sensitive mats at which will sense when
>         someone is standing on them and not standing on them and
>         can begin a countdown to lock or unlock a system.
>
> 3.      Many rooms now have a motion or heat sensor to turn off the
>         lights once everyone has left a room.  You could probably buy
>         one and have it in front of a UPS so that it would shut
>         off power to the UPS and the UPS would begin to shut down
>         power to a desktop PC.
>
>         You might find something similar which was driven by the lack
>         of sound as well.
>
> - H. Morrow Long, CISSP, CISM, CEH
>   University Information Security Officer
>   Director -- Information Security Office
>   Yale University, ITS