[OPLINTECH] Drive Vaccine

Tue Feb 17 12:12:56 EST 2015

Maybe I should clarify what I meant. DF is in a class by itself.
SteadyState didn't quite do what DF does. DF works at a much lower level in
the operating system, allowing you to do all sorts of nasty stuff,
including a full format of the hard drive. SS was just an "ugly
step-sister". Aside from DF, the next closest thing to it would be a
virtual machine that discards changes to the virtual hard drive. This Drive
Vaccine on the surface looks to be a little closer to what DF does. That's
the novelty here.

Regarding the demise of SS and the need for a DF/SS/DV product...you could
very well be right...I haven't really got a clue.

Regarding group policy and locking down the computers...That's exactly how
I used to do the patron computers years ago. I started relaxing the
restrictions on the patron computers to allow them to do more when DF
showed up on the scene. Now I use DF as the ultimate backstop and lightly
restrict the patron computers with Group Policies. Whenever a patron hits a
website that needs a special plugin or has a need to do something else I
haven't already provided for, my answer is something like:  "Try it. If it
works, great! If not, let me know what you're trying to do and I'll see if
it's something that can be reasonably incorporated in the future."

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On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Whetsel, Shawn <swhetsel at akronlibrary.org>
wrote:

>  Microsoft used to offer SteadyState which worked like DF. MS
> discontinued it most likely because not enough people used it. I think the
> reason why DP is the only name in the game, is there isn’t a “huge” need
> for it. We dropped DF a few years ago and just opted to lock down the PC’s
> via GPO’s. We block anything from being executed, restrict the all drives
> minus T:, and created a T: VHD that loads on startup. Every morning the T:
> drive gets wiped since it’s not persistent.
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> *From:* oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:
> oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] *On Behalf Of *Chad Neeper
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:50 AM
> *To:* OPLINTECH
> *Subject:* Re: [OPLINTECH] Drive Vaccine
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> Very interesting. I've been watching for a long time to see if there would
> ever be a competing product with similar features to that of Deep Freeze.
> I've been surprised that I've never seen another product that works quite
> like it...not even any budding open source projects, which surprises me. I
> think Faronics has a patent on the technology, which may be why I've never
> seen a product that works in a similar way.    And yet, now here's Drive
> Vaccine. I wonder what their angle is and how they don't run afoul of
> Faronics' patents.  (I could be completely wrong about the patents and what
> they're for. I've not really looked into it...just saw some references to
> it once not too long ago and figured that explained the lack of competition
> in this space.)
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>
>
> (If there aren't any legal restrictions, this would definitely be the
> perfect open source project, given all the libraries, schools, and
> corporations that benefit from DF!)
>
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>
> Definitely worth taking a look at DV!
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>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Chris Krumnow <
> ckrumnow at defiancelibrary.org> wrote:
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>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Who is using Horizon DataSys Drive Vaccine
> <http://www.horizondatasys.com/en/products_and_solutions.aspx?ProductId=2#Features> to
> maintain their public laptops? What are the issues you have with Drive
> Vaccine?
>
>
>
> We are currently experiencing issues with Faronics Deep Freeze
> <http://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/> and Windows updates. I
> was wondering what experiences others have with Drive Vaccine. I now have
> tested Drive Vaccine, but have no reliable information about it's long term
> use.
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>
> --
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> Thanks,
>
> Chris Krumnow
>
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