Re: Selectively disabling USB devices

From: Tom Yarrish (tom_at_yarrish.com)
Date: 11/23/05

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    Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:42:00 -0600 (CST)
    To: Pranav Lal <pranav.lal@gmail.com>
    
    

    Pranav,
    I was actually listening to the "In The Trenches" podcast last night, and
    they were discussion a product that might do what you were asking. I
    haven't looked at the product, but it was described as doing something
    similar to what you are asking for:

    http://www.securewave.com/sanctuary_DC.jsp

    Thanks,
    Tom

    We crucify ourselves between two thieves- regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.

    On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Pranav Lal wrote:

    > Hi all,
    >
    > Is it possible to selectively disable USB devices? For instance, only mice
    > and printers should work when connected to a USB port but flash drives, other
    > mp3 players etc should not work when connected to the same USB ports.
    >
    > In operating system terms, we are looking at Windows XP professional sp2 and
    > Windows 2000 sp4.
    >
    > Pranav
    >
    >


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