[Web4lib] Read and write but not execute from USB flash drives (&other removable media)

[Rudy Leon]

Unfortunately, some USB drives need to install themselves in order to
operate as a drive... have you had any problem with users being unable to
read and write from their flash keys since using this software?

On 11/19/05, Robert Sullivan <rsullivan at sals.edu> wrote:
>
> >I'm looking for advice about how best to allow our library users to
> read from and write to their USB flash drives, but not to run programs
> from them.
>
> We use the freeware Trust-No-Exe for exactly the situation you describe.
> It allows you to specify locations from which software will run and
> block everything else.
>
> <http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/trust-no-exe/trust-no-exe.htm>
>
> We have been using it for about a year and a half without any problems.
> Of course, you'll run into things in a public access situation which end
> up blocked even though they are harmless, e.g. a CD of images which uses
> some sort of photo album to display them. You can work around this if
> you have some sort of graphics software which can navigate through the
> drive to load images.
>
> We consider this occasional inconvenience a small price to pay for the
> security provided.
>
> Bob Sullivan <rsullivan at sals.edu>
> Schenectady County Public Library (NY) <http://www.scpl.org/>
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
>
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Rudy Leon
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