[OPLINTECH] switching to Macs - security?

[Matthew Augustine]

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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