Re: USB Qusetion

[Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>]

blufuzion () mail com wrote:
> Hello, I am new to the list.I am a new network admin and my boss wants me to disable usb drives from reading USB/thumb 
> drives but still be able to use the mouse and keyboards. I was thinking of disabling them in the BIOS. Can you give me 
> any suggestions?

This question has come up a couple of times in the past few years, but 
since it's probably been over a year there might be some new tools out 
there...

FYI, the previous discussion about this was found using the 
SecurityFocus search engine narrowed to just this mailing list. Some 
useful info in there:
http://www.securityfocus.com/swsearch?query=disable+usb&sbm=archive%2F105%2F&submit=Search%21&metaname=alldoc&sort=swishlastmodified

Also, here is a link to a Microsoft article on the subject: 
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823732


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