[WEB4LIB] Re: help (addidas-net or sneaker-net)

[Don Hamilton]

Hmmm. This makes me wonder. Is there a 'fast boot' utility for windows,
sort of a cross between the hibernate/wakeup stuff that exists on
notebooks and ghost? If so, you could save a minimum startup 'image',
and then you could 'reboot' between users by reading one or two megs
from disk  and bypassing the windows startup.

don

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Andrew I. Mutch
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:18 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: help (addidas-net or sneaker-net)


I think DeepFreeze has its place in protecting PCs. But it won't protect
against most of the potential mischief that can come from floppy use.
This
includes:

* Viruses infecting PCs that then infect other users unless you reboot
between every user
* Hacker-wanna-be's using tools on floppies to compromise PC and network
security

We do allow floppy use but we also include anti-virus software and
windows policies to restrict that use and avoid some of the problems
listed above.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI




On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Dan Lester wrote:

> Rather than punish the majority of good users who would use floppy 
> drives as intended, why not put security software such as DeepFreeze 
> on the computers?  That way you machines end up in mint condition 
> after a reboot, no matter what anyone does via floppy or downloading.
> 
> dan
> 
> Monday, July 15, 2002, 8:02:10 AM, you wrote:
> 
> MLM> Yes. As a tech for a library cooperative, on numerous occasions I

> MLM> have seen floppy drives used to manipulate and hack into public 
> MLM> workstations. This is why I recommend using floppy drive locks on

> MLM> any public exposed system.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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