![]() In short DF is both a blessing and a curse for macolytes (like myself). I beleive they also give a decent discount to edu institutions I would say deep freeze is one of the reasons most IT types are quite happy with window’s “security” this is good from the users perspective because it means that they are less reliant on the IT staff (who can then do more important things like track down viruses and do user education (in theory(most just surf for porn through a web proxy at this point)))Ī) get users to test out legit SW without having to make a new image constantlyī) get rid of any user-installed SW by simply restarting the computer(this essentially cripples a lot of malware)Ĭ) easily “unfreeze” induvidual systems to install SW ![]() ![]() I t was nigh impenetrable then.Įssentially what deep freeze does is: Let users install just about any peice of software they want on the computer. Hardware firewall+ deep freeze= excellent institutional security Restrictive protection options let users specify read, write, and execute privileges on-the-fly and on a per-user basis for any file, folder, application, or system preference pane, no matter where it resides on the hard drive.ĭeep Freeze is IMHO the best piece of windows security software their is Any changes made by a user are temporary, including changes to the desktop, Library, fonts, Dock, or screen settings. “I’m confident that the wait will be worth it for all of our Tiger users.”ĭeep Freeze Mac OS X provides non-restrictive protection that allows a standard (nonadministrator) user to make changes in their home directory, but restores the entire directory to its exact original configuration after a logout, restart, selected time interval, or on a selected day of the week. “Due to some fairly major core changes that Apple made to Tiger, this release took a few extra weeks to prepare and test,” said Brent Smithurst, Vice President of Technical Operations at Faronics in the press release. ![]() Customers using Jaguar (OS X 10.2) still have the ability to use Deep Freeze Mac OS X version 1.7, also available on the Faronics Web site. A new user guide, brochure, evaluation version, and full shipping version are all available on Faronics’ Web site. This version is compatible with both Tiger (OS X 10.4) and Panther (OS X 10.3). Faronics has announced that Deep Freeze Mac OS X Version 1.8 has been officially released. ![]()
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