RE: Selectively disabling USB devices

From: Lalit Gupta (lalit.gupta_at_lgsoftindia.com)
Date: 11/24/05

  • Next message: Aditya Deshmukh: "RE: Selectively disabling USB devices"
    Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:29:41 +0530
    To: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal@gmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    
    

    I donno about MP3 player etc but you can disable download to USB on same
    ports using a software called Waterwall / PcPlus. This we have been
    using and is tested. Another application Websense also has some features
    like this.

    Regards,

    Lalit Gupta

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Pranav Lal [mailto:pranav.lal@gmail.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:00 AM
    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Selectively disabling USB devices

    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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