DarkReading has an article today about controlling USB devices and makes mention of a number of vendors.
See http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=97237&print=true. Bill... -----Original Message----- From: Peter Eden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:16 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP I agree that Device Lock is worth a look. We use it in our accessibility computer lab to prevent students from cheating on exams while allowing them to save their finished/answered exam onto a USB device provided by the proctor. It works well for our purposes (the students haven't figured out how to get around it yet). Peter Eden Computing and Networking Services University of Toronto > -----Original Message----- > From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:12 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP > > You might look at DeviceLock (www.protect-me.com). I just > read a short review of it in the latest issue of Windows > ITPro magazine. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:06 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP > > > I am investigating the possibility of locking down Windows > computers to only allow specific USB devices to attach. I'm > considering the mtrust product from www.m-systems.com, which > the marketing materials say can force users to only use their > particular USB storage devices (or those that they OEM to > others, like Kingston, Verbatim, etc.). > > Does anyone have experience with this package? If so, what > are the pros and cons? > > Also, are there other solutions are out there that can ensure > only specific USB storage devices are allowed on a system? > > Is there anything specific for biometric USB storage? > > Any comments on the effectiveness of such software? > > Thanks, > > Ken S > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
