[OPLINTECH] switching to Macs - security?

[James Guilford]

Hi Matt,

I hope you will post the photos you mentioned. I've been thinking about 
the Mac Mini as successor to our CyberNet machines. We had an old iMac 
in use as a dedicated catalog and used the kiosk software you mention to 
secure it ... worked great til hardware failed. The software also did a 
quick reset of the browser --after disuse-- to clear caches, etc. Very nice.

-- J. Guilford

Matthew Augustine wrote:
> Chip,
>
> We have about 15 mini macs as catalog only workstations here at Euclid 
> Public Library.  The are so small that we have squeezed them inside the 
> furniture (custom "island" furniture).  I could take a picture of the setup 
> and post it on our website, if you are interested to see how we did it.
>
> The mini macs that we have are PPC G4 macs.  They are running OS X 10.3.9. 
> Everything works well, because all that we need is a web browser for our 
> catalog.  We expriment with many ways to lockdown the finder, but settled on 
> purchasing wKIOSK http://www.app4mac.com/ as the final solution.  It is a 
> great program, that really locks the machine down, as tight as anything your 
> could accomplish with Group Policy on XP.
>
> ----
> Matthew Augustine
> Technology Manager
> Euclid Public Library
> http://www.euclidlibrary.org
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chip Kruthoffer" <c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org>
> To: <OPLINTECH at oplin.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 1:25 PM
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] switching to Macs - security?
>
>
>   
>> If anyone out there has switched to Apple Macs for your public PCs, or 
>> even
>> just added some for public use, I'd appreciate knowing what you do to lock
>> them down. Accounts of personal experience and/or pointers to useful
>> information welcome.
>>
>> We're Mac newbies here, but seeing more and more interest from the public.
>> We're also tired of endless (and sometimes-malfucntioning) MSFT patches.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Chip Kruthoffer, Head of Systems
>> Lane Public Library ~ http://www.lanepl.org
>> 1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)
>> Hamilton, Ohio 45011
>> Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 844-6535
>> Email: c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org
>>
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James Guilford, I.T. Manager
Westlake Porter Public Library
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