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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