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<DIV>On the Windows side just turn off the usb setting except keyboard and mouse
in the BIOS. On some BIOS you have the options of turning on/off usb port
and then there are usb keyboard and mouse settings that are separate.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jon</DIV>
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<DIV>Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS, ASE<BR>Director/Sr Systems Consultant<BR>MMT
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<DIV>"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure<BR> is trying
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<DIV><BR><BR>>>> sboak@westnet.com.au 3:00:09 pm 3/03/2004
>>><BR>Hi all<BR><BR>I just had a situation where someone waltzed in
and stuck a USB flash<BR>disk in one of my machines! <BR><BR>Is there some way
of controlling or password protecting the actual<BR>ports, to stop the use of
flash disks but still allowing access to<BR>USB keyboard and/or mouse?<BR><BR>I
initialy thought of fstab, but I guess that won't work because of<BR>the dynamic
nature of USB devices. Anyone know of a (preferrably<BR>Debian) package to do
the job?<BR><BR>I would also welcome suggestions on how to do the same thing
on<BR>Windows machines as I have to run both OSs at the moment.<BR><BR>I know
restricting physical access is the best method, but<BR>impractical in my current
office/classroom
environment.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Steve<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>plug
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