Re: Retail Terminal with NO Windows

Officially (for PCI), that's how it's supposed to be.

Of course it can't be completely isolated...as the POS needs to talk to the
processor...

The you have various holes so that the equipment can be supported/software
updated...

And you end up with something like what we have.

I'd agree that the use of WinXP at the POS is a bad idea; really any full
blown OS. A mobile OS is probably a better choice, but even there you're
talking about lots more functionality than is really needed.

Charles

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:11 PM, James H. H. Lampert <
jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Okay, so you're suggesting connecting the magnetic stripe reader

directly to an IBM i Power Server? Can't trust any OS on the
front-end? What sort of UI requirements might a POS terminal
support?

That's going to be a LOT of very LONG cables running to a really big
USB hub wherever the IBM box resides.

Or, a whole lotta IBM I boxes at the checkout lanes. Actually, I
like that idea <grin>.

Hmm. Or you could have a fully isolated intranet confined to its own LAN.
The modern equivalent of good old fashioned Twinax.

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JHHL

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