Thin clients without USB ports

[joker197cinque]

I am looking for a thin client without USB ports but with only PS/2 for mouse and keyboard.

 

This is for security reasons...users shouldn't attach usb stick to take away data.

 

Other info an how accomplish this are welcome.

 

Thanks for help.

[apaton]

Take a look at Sun's Sun Ray's

 

USB enable/disable from the Sunray software (One line cmd to set a policy for all USB storage devices to be disabled, not including Keyboard/mouse)

 

utdevadm -d -s usb

[linescanner]

Yep as Andy said Sun Ray can do this happily

[DavidAngwin]

I'm from Wyse so this is a question we get asked a lot.

 

I'd recommend getting thin clients WITH USB ports so you have them in future if your requirements change. Then use the operating system, or additional software to disable/enable them.

 

Most vendors should have this support, but make sure you check up front.

 

The following is how we do it: Wyse Thin OS is a very thin <10Mb operating system where the functionality can be completely controlled by a configuration file on an ftp server. Unless you enable USB support, devices just won't be recognised.

 

If you want selective USB support with virtual desktops (not XenApp/WTS today) Wyse TCX enables very granular USB support - by vendor and by device type - so you could enable a specific scanner or visualizer but not a USB data stick.

 

regards,

David

[joker197cinque]

Take a look at Sun's Sun Ray's

 

USB enable/disable from the Sunray software (One line cmd to set a policy for all USB storage devices to be disabled, not including Keyboard/mouse)

 

utdevadm -d -s usb

 

Thanks.

 

So, if I buy that client, can I attach it to a network interface and use a remote Win Vista/7 virtual machine ?

 

My bet is to deploy many VMs on hyper-v big w2008 server and to connect to them via thin-client.

Isn't it enough architecture ? I don't understand why should I use other meta products like citrix .. please can explain it ?

 

Thanks.

[joker197cinque]

The following is how we do it: Wyse Thin OS is a very thin <10Mb operating system where the functionality can be completely controlled by a configuration file on an ftp server. Unless you enable USB support, devices just won't be recognised.

 

As I wrote in the other thread, are there ways to "hack" the client (opening it, or somewhat) without accessing to the configuration file ?

In this case, the security hole is about the conf file ... I mean NO ONE can access and modify it, right ?

 

If you want selective USB support with virtual desktops (not XenApp/WTS today) Wyse TCX enables very granular USB support - by vendor and by device type - so you could enable a specific scanner or visualizer but not a USB data stick.

regards,

David

 

What is Wyste TCX ? Is it integrated in the thin client device ?

Thanks.