Disabling USB ports to prevent unauthorized data transfers

Michael E. Webster mwebster at intercosmos.com
Wed Aug 18 12:07:09 UTC 2004


Unless the storage devices are mounted, they won't be usable.

Mike.



On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 06:58, Murali Potla wrote:
> Hi ..
> 
> Can we control access to the USB ports. there are four USB ports on my
> machine.. I wanted to define exactly what type of device may be
> connected to the ports .. 
> 
> Non-storage devices such as scanners or mice can use the USB port. Any
> storage device, including cameras, disk drives or handheld devices
> should not be allowed . Is this possible under Linux (Fedora Core 1). 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions 
> 
> Murali
> 
> 
> 





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