I have since been corrected by one of our IT staff. We don't block executables, we just block access to files for user logins that are not administrators.
We are deploying lightspeed in our district as well which will give more control. I can find out more about what items in Group Policy we do configure. Layne From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:10 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Jump Drives Hi Layne, How is your Group Policy configured to disallow executables. What items in Group Policy do you configure to do this this? ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henn, Layne Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:46 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Jump Drives Layne in Sioux City, We allow students to use them, in fact we sell 128mb flash drives in our media centers. We also have a student file system (internal only) where students can log in and have access to 100mb of storage on a server. The system is home-grown with linux os. It links to our sis, so every student has an account. As far as executables, we use group policy from our windows servers to disallow student logins the ability to run executables or access to any system files. Layne Henn Sioux City Schools From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Davis Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:11 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Jump Drives All, I am curious as to what other school districts policies are concerning the use of Jump / Flash drives on school computers. Is this allowed by students / staff? Do you have specific polices in place for their use? How are executables installed on these devices handled so they are not run on school computers? I have staff asking about the use of these and I am reluctant to allow them so far. Thank you Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, Ia.51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
