Re: Public-Access Computer Security

["Janet Fine" <greatpl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

3/19/03
Dear Caleb,
Excellent suggestion.  The archives show quite alot of discussion on this
and other topics for network administrators.  Thanks also to everyone who
responded.
Janet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Caleb Tucker-Raymond" <ctucker@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <innopac@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: Public-Access Computer Security


> A good place for this discussion might be WEB4LIB list. My experience has
been that the members of that list are very knowledgable about this topic.
Traffic gets a little heavy at times, so you might start out by searching
the archives.
>
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/
>
> Caleb Tucker-Raymond
>
>
> >>> greatpl@xxxxxxxxxx 03/18/03 12:28PM >>>
> 3/18/03
> Hi Everyone,
> This is slightly off-topic as it involves public access to the internet,
but I hope someone an help.  We are trying to devise a public-access
computer security policy.  Problems arise when we try to balance network
security with the public's desire to have complete access to the internet
and the ability to download every file they see.  Due to an onslaught of
viruses and the the incredible amount of time debugging a computer entails,
our network administrator has been increasing security on the pcs, therby
limiting, to a certain degree, the ability of our patrons to download
certain files. We would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has
already walked this tightrope, and has come up with a security policy for
public access pcs. Thanks in advance.
> Janet Fine
> Great Neck Library
> 159 Bayview Avenue
> Great Neck, NY 11023
>
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