[Web4lib] hacking Time Management system thru USB

[Thomas Bennett]

One other thing I haven't tested but should work, I think, is remove, move to 
bottom, or disable USB Device from your list of bootable devices in the BIOS.  
Choices depend on the BIOS.  I suspect this will work with U3 also.

Thomas


On Thursday 22 May 2008 15:19, Simmons, Chris wrote:
> Hi, we've had a couple security breaks from users using Flash Drives. We
> suspect it may be a result of using Auto Start to run programs from behind
> the shell. We tried replicating with a U3 drive but couldn't, maybe we
> don't have the devious mind of a hacker ): Has anybody had any experience
> with this? We're hoping to disable certain .exe files as locking down USB
> access (as our IT security may suggest) would be overkill and not at all
> feasible with our public needs. Thanks!
> Chris Simmons
> Desktop Librarian
> Ottawa Public Library
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