Comments on: Walk up Internet Kiosk using Linux http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html Altruistic IT Writings Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Webs http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5964 Webs Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:49 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5964 Thanks Elwed. I haven't come across the sandboxed home directory link before. Thanks Elwed. I haven’t come across the sandboxed home directory link before.

]]> By: elwedriddsche http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5960 elwedriddsche Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:36:51 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5960 Here's another (advanced) link that might interest you: <a href="http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/586" rel="nofollow">Using pam-mount to create a sandboxed home directory</a> Note the enclosed reference to <a href="http://www.debiosk.org/" rel="nofollow">Debiosk</a> Here’s another (advanced) link that might interest you:

Using pam-mount to create a sandboxed home directory

Note the enclosed reference to Debiosk

]]> By: Webs http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5955 Webs Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:24:17 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5955 Hey thanks for the comments Elwed! I came across LTSP along with about 20 other websites that can hopefully help me in my journey. Thank Science for Mozilla!! Unfortunately due to my location I can't use PXE booting. That traffic is watched and blocked and I can't do much about it. I can handle running multiple client processes on a server because the majority of the traffic is http and it can also be closely monitored through logs. I can essentially create a feedback loop where even though I think I have uninstalled all the terminals, a user may find a way to open one up and now that I have captured that info I can work to block it, etc... I want to create a system that can be easily upgraded, any package running on the terminal. The easiest way I can think to do this is dummy client, update the package on the server and then reboot the clients. And to add further security the dummy clients will boot from live CD and grab the image from the server, so no local storage is possible. <blockquote>If you want to get really fancy, use a custom version of bittorrent to ship out the images</blockquote> You obviously think my Linux skills are at some Jedi level of mastery :mrgreen: Hey thanks for the comments Elwed!

I came across LTSP along with about 20 other websites that can hopefully help me in my journey. Thank Science for Mozilla!!

Unfortunately due to my location I can’t use PXE booting. That traffic is watched and blocked and I can’t do much about it. I can handle running multiple client processes on a server because the majority of the traffic is http and it can also be closely monitored through logs. I can essentially create a feedback loop where even though I think I have uninstalled all the terminals, a user may find a way to open one up and now that I have captured that info I can work to block it, etc…

I want to create a system that can be easily upgraded, any package running on the terminal. The easiest way I can think to do this is dummy client, update the package on the server and then reboot the clients. And to add further security the dummy clients will boot from live CD and grab the image from the server, so no local storage is possible.

If you want to get really fancy, use a custom version of bittorrent to ship out the images

You obviously think my Linux skills are at some Jedi level of mastery :mrgreen:

]]> By: elwedriddsche http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5954 elwedriddsche Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/2008/03/19/walk-up-internet-kiosk-using-linux.html#comment-5954 I have never done something like this myself, but if I were to build it from scratch, I'd look at the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), various Live builds, PXE boot if applicable, and perhaps even the pen-drive distros. There are several approaches, like using PCs as terminal server clients or running a distro non-persistently one way or the other. I myself would go out of my way to avoid running client processes on a server, though. Use PXE or a CD to suck down a tailored DSL Live image, say. If you want to get really fancy, use a custom version of bittorrent to ship out the images :razz: I have never done something like this myself, but if I were to build it from scratch, I’d look at the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), various Live builds, PXE boot if applicable, and perhaps even the pen-drive distros.

There are several approaches, like using PCs as terminal server clients or running a distro non-persistently one way or the other. I myself would go out of my way to avoid running client processes on a server, though. Use PXE or a CD to suck down a tailored DSL Live image, say. If you want to get really fancy, use a custom version of bittorrent to ship out the images :razz:

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