Re: Small Kiosk Computers - Recommendations?

["Calcutt, Andrew" <Andrew.Calcutt () WORCESTER EDU>]

I tried out the JackPC a few months ago as part of a notification screen
project. They seemed to work really well for me. I set it up to
automatically log into a terminal server and automatically bring up my
notification website. Once the devices were mounted into a jack they
require a key to removed them.

The devices do have a built in browser, and can be set to automatically
bring the browser up on boot. In my case I was not able to use the built
in browser because I wanted support for flash, but if you're just using
it for payments I think it would be fine.

I went through dell because they are a chippc reseller and we already
work with them. They sent us out a demo unit for free(the originally
wanted a deposit, but dell got It shipped without one)

I definitely recommend giving the JackPC a shot. Small form factor, low
power, easily mountable, POE. They are great for kiosks as far as I
could tell.

Andrew Calcutt
Information Technologies
Worcester State College

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Wheeler
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:43 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Small Kiosk Computers - Recommendations?

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.

Thanks!

-- 
Michael J. Wheeler
Assistant Director, Systems and Networking
Pittsburg State University
Phone:  620-235-4610
E-mail: mwheeler () pittstate edu