[WEB4LIB] RE: watchdog system recovery c

[David Borchardt]

I *almost* hate to offer again, but since PC security and management seems
to be a recurring theme...

Rather than trying to, as Deanna says, use "a bunch of third party
applications thrown together", download or request an evaluation copy of
Public Access Manager (PAM) from Invortex Technologies - 800-295-0860 or
www.invortex.com.  PAM incorporates policy-based security, work
session-based management, and user/system reporting all in a single
application - at a good price.  On a Win 95/98 PC, PAM will give you
security and control >= NT and much easier to manage.  Features include the
ability to optionally: require user logon utilizing existing ID numbers;
automatically shut down all PCs at the end of the day; place URL
restrictions on specific terminals; restrict users to an approved list of
software titles; control the number of logons during a specified period; set
PC Session time limits; set printing limits or, utilizing the included print
vending solution, sell prepaid print privilege cards; set the browser to
automatically 'return home' after a specified period of inactivity, and
more.

No, PAM won't get patrons to pay their fines, but it could enable you
restrict their access until they do... and it won't make them leave at
closing time, but it can keep them from using the PCs after hours... and
when patrons prepay for printing, you'd be amazed at the decrease in
unclaimed, unpaid print job$...!!!

Best Regards,

David Borchardt, VP Sales & Marketing
Invortex Technologies, Inc.
davidb at invortex.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Deanna Collison <collisod at uhls.lib.ny.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 2:32 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: watchdog system recovery c


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>We downloaded Watchdog and tried using it on a Public Internet station
>to time the patron out. We wanted it to be activated from the moment the
>browser opened, but the way it's configured straight up only allowed the
>time-out to be set to shut down, say, every half hour, and reboot. I was
>thinking some sort of macro or batch file might make it do what we
>wanted, but I didn't have the time or expertise to get into it.
>Keeping the public out of places they shouldn't be in a PC has been a
>more daunting task than I originally thought.
>We have tried Fortres, CybraryN, WatchDog, kiosk mode in Netscape, and
>using a bogus proxy server to limit the
>URL's that can be accessed online through a database (non-internet) PC.
>We are constantly looking for new solutions and ideas, but eventually
>see the movement to NT as a natural step. A 'total' security solution is
>better than a bunch of third party applications thrown together.
>
>Good Luck, Deanna
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