NCompass Live: Setting Up Your Public Access Computers

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Public access computers are different beasts from staff and home computers. Having dozens or even hundreds of different individuals use the same computer in just a week raises certain issues that must be addressed including virus prevention, security and privacy. In this session Michael Sauers and Diane Wells will discuss these issues and offer advice on ways to address these issues. NCompass Live - April 8, 2009.

Technology Sports

Michael Sauers & Diane Wells
Nebraska Library Commission
NCompass Live – 8 April 2009

It’s all about
balance

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General strategies
 Don’t allow booting from anything but the hard drive
(this is set in the BIOS)

 Set a BIOS password

 The public should not run as admin (maybe unless…)

Reduce
Temptation

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Passwords
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Passwords: from good to great
 Size does matter
 Case sensitivity
 Numbers
 Punctuation & Symbols
 Spaces are usually allowed

 Changed often… maybe.

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Firefox secure password generator

https://addons.mozilla.org/e
n-US/firefox/addon/135

Password Strategy
 “I don’t like changing my passwords”
=
IDLCMPW

 For Amazon use:
AIDLCMPWZ

 For Facebook use:
FIDLCMYPWB

 Add numbers, mixed case, symbols, etc to improve.

Locking
down the
desktop

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Windows Steady State
 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfa
mily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

 Lock profiles
 Hard disk protection

Non-free options
 Deep Freeze
http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp

 Centurion Guard
http://www.centuriontech.com/products/centurionguard/

Can they run as
admin if I have
Steady State
installed?

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Free options
 ClamWin (Free, OpenSource, no real-time)
http://www.clamwin.com/

 AVG Free (Free for “home”)
http://free.avg.com/

 Avast! (Free for “home”)
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Running
software like
Windows
Steady State
eliminates the
need to run
anti-virus
software since
once you
reboot the
virus will be
gone.

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Browser Privacy
 Zero the history
 Zero the cache
 Turn off password memory

Any Questions?
 Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian
msauers@nlc.state.ne.us

 Diane Wells
Computer Support Services
dwells@nlc.state.ne.us

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