This has been a popular conversation on the list for many years, so have
a look at the archives for a lot of stuff to dig up:
http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=kiosk&l=mcn-l%40mcn.edu
I don't know if this is stuff you already do/know about, but I would say
the basics at least used to be
1. Use Windows policies to limit what can happen in the OS (like killing
right-click, etc., & making sure only the browser can start up).
2. Firewall off the kiosk network onto a different segment than Wifi
networks, internal networks, DMZ, etc.
3. Use some kind of browser kiosk software to restrict what the browser
can see/do (I think off-the-shelf products are mostly preferred now).
4. Physically secure the boxes and the ethernet ports to prevent a
million other problems.
For #4, your design department will probably love the idea of
designing/building beautiful cases, with integrated keyboards (that have
no ctrl/alt/super/function keys) if you need them, etc (or touch-screen
keyboards where it makes sense). It will look expensive, but it's less
costly than your time, and of course anything in the galleries should be
as good-looking as it can be.
I'm probably forgetting a lot--it's been a while!
On 11/06/2015 09:04 AM, Patrick Davis wrote:
New to the group. Looking forward to seeing what everyone has to say.
One question that just recently was asked of me by our Director of
Technology was how we are securing the computers that run our digital
interactives in the public space. Not well was my answer. We are currently
hovering around 75 different digital interactives and are adding new ones
all the time.
I was wondering what everyone here does to lock down their windows 7 pro
installations. In our situation we have three different kind of
applications running. A majority of them are standalone flash projectors.
The rest either run on Firefox or Chrome. I always lean towards open source
solutions but we do have some room in our budget to purchase software to
make this work. Ideally there would be some kind of central management
solution that we could use to not only lock them down but keep tabs on what
is going on.
Thanks!
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Patrick Davis | Exhibitions AV Specialist | The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
312-665-7968
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