Sorry, this is all pretty much related to staff, as I assume that students aren't allowed to make any changes to a district-owned computer.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kerns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [info-tech] Computer Security... > Are we talking about students or staff or both? > > > > Jim Kerns Jr. > District Network Administrator > Spencer Community Schools > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (712)262-0339 > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/27/2004 8:53:14 AM >>> > Good morning- > > We have had some people objecting to our computer security here in > Fort Dodge, and I wanted to check into what everyone else allows people > to do on the computers in the classroom. We are slowly rolling out a > program called Deep Freeze, which discards all changes to the computer > on reboot. With our WindowsXP machines, we have successfully redirected > the user's desktop, favorites, my documents and most system settings to > a network folder, which follows the user from one XP machine to > another. > > So, in your districts, what is the practice or policy for allowing > the following modifications to a user computer: > > Desktop Settings - Do you allow changes to Backgrouds, > shortcuts on the desktop, screen savers, etc > > Do you allow saving to the local hard drive, or restrict saving > to the network only > > How about disk space quotas - how much do you allow a user to > store on the network > > Use of e-mail programs - do you have district supported > programs, or can they use anything they want > > Installing programs on the machine - both district-supported > and personal software > > Do you allow computers to be used without any connection to the > network > > Do you allow people to connect personal peripherals to the > computer that require software - digital cameras, zip drives, > cd-burners, scanners, etc... > > In what method do you suggest people move data from school to > home for work - usb flash keys, floppy, e-mail > > Sorry for all of the questions. We are trying to get some baseline > data for security that other schools are using. If you would help us > out, I would appreciate it. I would be happy to compile all of the data > and return it to the list, should there be any interest for that. > Again, thanks for any help!!! Have a great weekend!!! > > Jeremy > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jeremy Pearson > Network Administrator / Computer Technician > Fort Dodge Community School District > 104 South 17th Street > Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 > > http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us > > (515)574-5676 voice > (515)574-5324 fax > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Archived messages from this list can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------- > This E-mail was scanned for viruses by servers at the > Fort Dodge Community School District > --------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------- This E-mail was scanned for viruses by servers at the Fort Dodge Community School District --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
