[Web4lib] Disable USB drives on public computers

[Charles Shumar]

Do the computers have CD-ROMs or Floppy drives?
You could do this from both of those too - are they disabled?


>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
>>>[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
>>>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:26 PM
>>>To: Thomas Dowling; web4lib at webjunction.org
>>>Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Disable USB drives on public computers
>>>
>>>
>>>Or I might want to reboot your computer from my USB drive with my own
>>>operating system so I could hack into your computer.
>>>
>>>Wilfred (Bill) Drew
>>>E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
>>>AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 
>>>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>>>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)
>>> 
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
>>>> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>Thomas Dowling
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:23 PM
>>>> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Disable USB drives on public computers
>>>> 
>>>> On 4/28/2006 3:11 PM, 
>>>travelinlibrarian.8248287 at bloglines.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> > O.k. I'll bite. What do you have on a public computer that 
>>>> you don't want
>>>> > someone copying to a USB drive. Further, as a patron, I 
>>>> want to run my portable
>>>> > Firefox and would be suitably upset if you didn't let me...
>>>> 
>>>> Hear, hear!
>>>> Or maybe I just want to save my search results without paying 
>>>> a dollar a
>>>> page for color printing...
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