Re: Small Kiosk Computers - Recommendations?

[Matthew Gracie <graciem () CANISIUS EDU>]

Michael J. Wheeler wrote:
> We are in the process of implementing CashNet to outsource our campus
> credit card processing. Part of this project involves buying a 2-3 small
> kiosk devices to run a web browser for people to pay their bills online, so
> that we won't be physically handling their cards.
>
> We're currently looking at the JackPC from chippc.com because it looks to
> be a very small, neat, and easily secured device. Their website (I know,
> never trust a salesman) says that the devices are 100% secured from viruses
> and worms, and they require no security patches.
>
> Does anyone have experience with devices such as these? We're looking for
> something that can easily be physically secured, as well as a secure OS.
> Since the device will only be running a web browser, we'd like something
> that is as simple as possible. These JackPC devices say they have a bare OS
> with only a web browser if you wish.
>
> I'm sure there's got to be someone else out there who has gone through
> something similar to this. Any thoughts/recommendations would be greatly
> appreciated.

When we needed something like this in our Student Accounts office, I
just set up an old all-in-one PC (a Gateway Profile, I believe) with a
copy of Ubuntu and set it to launch Firefox in full-screen. If you've
got old hardware lying around that would be usable, this might work for you.

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Canisius College ITS                Buffalo, NY
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