Support Request: Home page not on desktop

Reproduction

Very rare (less than one in 600 terminals, less than 1 per month)

Description

Very rarely we have consoles in which the main page (desktop/fullscreen) page is redirected to another page. We track every link the user goes to. Immediately proceding both instances of this issue we see a tracked link that appears to be full of foreign characters. After the link, our main page is no longer active on the desktop; and has been replaced with a linked to page. Pages should never replace our fullscreen/desktop application; however in this case our application is no longer active.

What types of conditions can cause a full sceen/desktop landing page to be replaced?

How can we ensure we NEVER replace our main application?

Is there a specific subset of technologies (i.e. php or javascript) which can inject malicous code, or cause this type of issue?

What are typical failure rates for replacement of landing pages?

If the main page is redirected, and we loose our desktop application, is this an indication of failure of other security subsystems? (i.e. if we loose main page- could this be because of a security breach- and user could then launch malicious java/active-x?

Answer: (1)

Re: Home page not on desktop 24/06/2010 09:28
Hello,

Generally there is no known issue that another page will be loaded instead of the configured start page (or Startpage template). This setting is stored in the SiteKiosk configuration file and won’t be changed unless you change the configuration.

- What is the exact setup of this machine?
Do you load another application beside SiteKiosk and if yes, how (via registry or script)?
What is the function of this other application?

You might also send the configuration file (…\SiteKiosk\Config\YourConfig.skcfg) and a log file of this machine (from a day this problem has occurred) to
support-europe(at)provisio.com
Then we can have a look at it. Please also provide the date and time on which this problem has occurred.

Regards,
Michael Olbrich
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