Basic Public AccessDesktop Security

Michael Sauers & Diane WellsNebraska Library CommissionNCompass Live – 8 April 2009

It’s all about balance

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General strategiesDon’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…)

Patch Tuesday

ReduceTemptation

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Passwordshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/

31557656@N06/3303542092/

Passwords: from good to greatSize does matterCase sensitivityNumbersPunctuation & SymbolsSpaces are usually allowed

Changed often… maybe.

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Firefox secure password generator

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-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 Statehttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/

products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Lock profilesHard disk protection

Non-free optionsDeep Freeze

http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp

Centurion Guardhttp://www.centuriontech.com/products/centurionguard/

Can they run as admin if I have

Steady State installed?

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Anti-Virus

Free optionsClamWin (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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Anti-Phishing

Browser PrivacyZero the historyZero the cacheTurn off password memory

Any Questions?Michael Sauers

Technology Innovation Librarianmsauers@nlc.state.ne.us

Diane WellsComputer Support Servicesdwells@nlc.state.ne.us