hi, Friday, May 26, 2006, 5:54:34 PM, you wrote:
> Interesting. So this drive has it's own spec'ed-down OS, or am I > understanding this wrong? basically, you get it right. they suggest their own api that replaces registry access, plus some means of authenticating the program for accessing its data files. given the fact that malware can quite easily sneak between the app and the U3 driver/DLL, the resulting security level is doubtful enough for any serious application. even more, dynamically loading of any driver requires administrator privileges on Windows by default, which renders the U3 technology pretty useless by default. how many of the public computers (Voyager's target market) do have this default changed? judging by other threads, their admins usually change the defaults in the exact opposite direction - towards disabling app-run from removable media at all. to Claud: yes, we've considered U3 about a year ago. - - - by the way. the experience i've had in Romania was the best one with public computers. as a matter of rule, all of the public computers there did boot from the LAN, then filled the HD from an image on the LAN, then booted Windows. they didn't disable anything, they just make damn sure that any of the user's actions won't affect the next user. very simple and quite straightforward. and they did this cleanup right after the user decides to leave, thus not only being quickly ready for the next user, but showing this user how traces are wiped to keep him/her calm. some of the clubs did even provide means for uploading the HD image back onto the server. offered at a separate price for the permanent users. very few of them did so, as very few of them have homogenous hardware. yes, some custom software is involved in this, as all these steps were fully automated. -- regards, vitalie mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.80.06 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
