[Web4lib] Disable USB drives on public computers

[Andrew Mutch]

Robin,

I don't think this would address what Bill suggested. As far as I know,
DeepFreeze only protects the computer at the OS level. That's not going to
stop me if I can get into your computer at boot up before OS level
protections can be enabled.

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

> I submit that the answer is DeepFreeze (www.faronics.com) which, when the
> PC
> is rebooted, will restore it to whatever condition it was in when frozen -
> NO MATTER WHAT the user did to it in the meantime.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:26 PM
> To: Thomas Dowling; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Disable USB drives on public computers
>
> Or I might want to reboot your computer from my USB drive with my own
> operating system so I could hack into your computer.
>
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
> E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
> AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
>> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
>> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:23 PM
>> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Disable USB drives on public computers
>>
>> On 4/28/2006 3:11 PM, travelinlibrarian.8248287 at bloglines.com wrote:
>>
>> > O.k. I'll bite. What do you have on a public computer that
>> you don't want
>> > someone copying to a USB drive. Further, as a patron, I
>> want to run my portable
>> > Firefox and would be suitably upset if you didn't let me...
>>
>> Hear, hear!
>> Or maybe I just want to save my search results without paying
>> a dollar a
>> page for color printing...
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