Jason,
How do you plan to deal with necessary software updates?

Kari R. Smith
Digital Archivist and Program Head for Born-digital Archives
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts
617.253.5690   smithkr at mit.edu   http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/  @karirene69


-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jason Bengtson
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Non-networked computer advice - HD docking Station

We're setting  up a digital forensic machine for Special Collections which we want quarantined from the rest of our network due to the risk of viruses on older media. Our precautions have been pretty basic. The machine has no wireless card, and while it has ethernet through the motherboard we will have that functionality disabled by the time the machine is deployed. It's also being located in a space with no network drops, which, given the bulkiness of the computer, makes it unlikely that anyone would even try to plug it into the network.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson*


*http://www.jasonbengtson.com/ <http://www.jasonbengtson.com/>*

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Kari R Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
> I suggest that you also ask this question to the BitCurator Users 
> Group (Archivists using digital forensics tool and techniques for 
> archival
> processing) www.bitcuratorconsortium.org
>
> One solution I'm using at MIT Institute Archives is having a Dual Bay 
> Hard Drive Docking Station (in my case, a Sabrent USB 2.5" and 3.5")  
> along with two 3.0TB NAS Hard Drives.  This allows me to have a 
> primary drive with the digital material that I'm processing on it and 
> then the Docking Station has a Clone feature that allows me to clone 
> that drive to a second NAS HD for back-up until processing is complete 
> and I then move the digital packages for preservation into our Preservation storage area.
>
> I connect the Docking station to a computer that is disconnected from 
> the Ethernet (and no WiFi) during processing.  This keeps the files 
> separate from the computer and gives me some peace of mind that I've 
> got redundancy.  A further step is to store the 2nd HD (copy/clone) in 
> our Vault or other separate location to avoid location-specific 
> disasters (water leaks, power surge, etc.)
>
> Thanks to Dorothy Waugh, digital archivist, at Emory Special 
> Collections and Archives who shared this approach with me.
>
> Kari
>
> Kari R. Smith
> Digital Archivist and Program Head for Born-digital Archives Institute 
> Archives and Special Collections Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
> Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts
> 617.253.5690   smithkr at mit.edu   http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/
> @karirene69
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
> Scancella, John
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 10:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Non-networked computer advice
>
> Hi Sarah,
>
> Does it really need to be a completely separate network/standalone 
> computer? The reason I ask is because it sounds like you just want a 
> firewall setting that won't allow a computer (or groups of computers, i.e.
> subnet) to not be able to access the internet. By leaving the computer 
> attached to the network you get all the benefits of automatic updates 
> from your central configuration management system (in the case of windows SCCM).
>
> John
> Opinions expressed in this email are my own
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
> Coates, Sarah
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 11:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Non-networked computer advice
>
> Hello!
>
> Asking on behalf of our library's Systems department: Does anyone have 
> any best practices for a non-networked/quarantined computer for 
> confidential information/sensitive information? We are looking for 
> ways to get more potential donors of digital material, but some of 
> these donors do not want their work to be on a networked computer.
>
> Our Systems department is looking for a methodology or best practices 
> for a computer that can be backed up/connected to an internal-only 
> network (with no public access) but that cannot access networked 
> resources and the internet. If your archives has something like this 
> set up, would you be willing to share your set-up?
>
> Please feel free to respond off-list to Scott Lewis at 
> [log in to unmask] Scott can also answer any questions if you 
> have any.
>
> Thank you so much in advance!
>
> Sarah
> ------------------
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