[Year 12 IPM] usb memory sticks

[Andrew Shortell]

If you are running windows then just set the permissions to prevent exe
and bat files from running off the sticks. On the Macs it is a little
less precise but can be done.

This will prevent them from being able to set up local admin accounts,
remapping the drive and stop them from running games.
One would presume that your sys admin already prevents them from running
exe files from their home directories...???
Thus no problem... 

Andrew Shortell
Braemar College
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On
> Behalf Of margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
> Sent: Monday, 4 December 2006 9:57 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] usb memory sticks
> 
> 
> USB is the new floppy .... I think that we should just ban students,
> afterall we continually have problems with them.
> 
> Just like any *new* technology, develop a policy, educate and contain
the
> risk rather than ban it completely.
> 
> 2cents
> 
> Margaret
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Our network manager has encountered a number of problems with
student
> > memory sticks ruining computers. He wants to ban memory sticks. I
was
> > wondering if any list members had any policy relevant to this issue.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kerrie Hammond
> > Trinity College Colac
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> IPM Mailing List kindly supported by
> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
Authority
> and
> http://www.vitta.org.au  - VITTA Victorian Information Technology
Teachers
> Association Inc