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Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing
From: Shawn Shirley <sshirley () FERRUM EDU>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:03:38 -0400
We use Deep Freeze on lab computers. Deep Freeze has a feature, I believe it is called Maintenance Mode, that allows for the thawing of the computer on a schedule. Currently our lab computers thaw at 3 am for a 2 hour period for the purpose of applying updates. I believe Maintenance Mode prevents interaction with the computer during the time period that computer is thawed. The caveat is if the computer is off at the designated time for maintenance mode then the computer will enter maintenance mode upon booting up. Shawn Shirley Security\Privacy Administrator Ferrum College 540-365-4248 From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of SCHALIP, MICHAEL Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:51 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] deep freeze needs alittle thawing We take it a step further...we use Symantec/Altiris to push packages and updates to certain applications - and we have a "job" that runs against DeepFreeze to automatically thaw the systems - then run the installs/updates - and then reboot them - freeze them again - and reboot them one last time - and then, turn them off for the night... M From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Knights, John Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:46 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] deep freeze needs alittle thawing We researched this at my previous institution. If you use the admin server console for Deepfreeze, you can actually set up a scheduled time each night or each week to thaw each system for a period of time to allow them to receive and install updates and then freeze them again. -john From: <Bradley>, Stephen <bradlesw () MIAMIOH EDU <mailto:bradlesw () MIAMIOH EDU>
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 9:31 AM To: "SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> " <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] deep freeze needs alittle thawing I believe Deep Freeze has the feature where you can have it thaw and do the updates and the freeze itself again. steve On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Mark Reboli <mreboli () misericordia edu <mailto:mreboli () misericordia edu> > wrote: Our PC services area is utilizing the Faronics Deep Freeze software laptops. The version they are utilizing is 7.70.220.4460. The problem I am looking for assistance with is this: They deep freeze the computer, however due to the deep freeze windows updates are not applied nor is the antivirus software updated. This creates issues with our NAC, as NAC requires the pcs to be up-to-date on both windows updates and antivirus. Is anyone else utilizing this a software, if so can you tell me how you got around this issue? Mark Reboli Network/Telcom Manager Misericordia University (570) 674-6753 <tel:%28570%29%20674-6753> -- Stephen W. Bradley CISSP GCFA GCIH GWAPT SSCP Senior Security Engineer Miami University IT Services bradlesw () miamioh edu <mailto:bradlesw () miamioh edu> 513-529-1809 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner, and no known threats were found. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner, and no known threats were found.
Current thread:
- deep freeze needs alittle thawing Mark Reboli (Sep 18)
- Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing Bradley, Stephen (Sep 18)
- Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing Knights, John (Sep 18)
- Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Sep 18)
- Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing Shawn Shirley (Sep 18)
- Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing Knights, John (Sep 18)
- Re: deep freeze needs alittle thawing Bradley, Stephen (Sep 18)