[Web4Lib] RE: Floppy Disks

[Kyle Harriss]

Samantha,

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, SAMANTHA YEUNG wrote:
> ..
> I am wondering if your public computers are on a
> completely different network or subnet from your staff computers.  Could
> you elaborate on your network infrastructure? Do you also use Win2K
> System Policy to lock down the computer?
> ..

I'm not sure whether this addresses your question properly,
but..

Much of the network infrastructure here is only 2 years old.
In our network closets we don't have hubs, we have switches.
So, none of the PCs in the public area could be used to "snif"
the network communications of our office PCs.

With that said, they are on different subnets.  That is,
the IP addresses for one group are xxx.xxx.110.xxx, and for
the other are xxx.xxx.111.xxx, but there is nothing 
preventing a PC on one subnet from talking TCP/IP to
a PC on another subnet.  

No, we don't use any system policies to lock down these
PCs (which are running Win98 right now, but will be running
Win2k by September).   The Win2k systems we put out will
probably have some Windows components removed or disabled..
such as IIS.

==
Kyle Harriss
UMD Library
10 University Drive
Duluth   MN  55812

voice: 218-726-6546
email: kharriss at d.umn.edu (work)
       harrisshome at juno.com (home)




> Kyle,
> 
> 
> We are due for some network upgrade and would like to get more information .
> 
> Thanks,
> Samantha
> 
> 
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> >>> Kyle Harriss <kharriss at d.umn.edu> 07/03/02 01:59PM >>>
> Re: Floppy and Zip disks..
> 
> We are reworking our public PC setup, but
> it looks like this.
> 
> 1. We use DeepFreeze Pro to prevent any
>    changes to the hard drive from persisting.
> 
>    (This will be paired with a software
>     distribution package, like Prism Deploy,
>     by Fall.  We haven't made a final decision
>     on this piece of the puzzle.  Up until now
>     we have used PCRdist, but I'm looking for
>     something simpler.)
> 
> 2. Other than the above, our PCs are completely
>    open.  Patrons can use floppies and zip100 disks.
>    They can download or upload.  The hard drive
>    is not protected (except by DeepFreeze).
> 
>    If a PC gets messed up, we turn it off
>    (using the power switch - no need to use
>    the Windows ShutDown command), and turn it
>    back on.
> 
> 3. Software usage is not restricted beyond
>    our decision to load certain programs and
>    not others.  If a patron can load their own
>    software without rebooting, it works.
>    If a reboot is required, the changes they've
>    made disappear.
> 
> We have 31 PCs managed this way at the moment,
> and will add 10 more by Fall.  
> 
> (In our building we also have other computing 
>  facilities, managed by the campus IT department.
>  The 31 PCs described above are just the ones 
>  we manage, located in the vicinity of our 
>  Reference Desk.)
> 
> ==
> Kyle Harriss
> UMD Library
> 10 University Drive
> Duluth   MN  55812
> 
> voice: 218-726-6546
> email: kharriss at d.umn.edu (work)
> 
> 
> 
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