[CentOS] Re: Blocking external usb storage

Wed Jun 4 17:31:45 UTC 2008
Tom Poffenberger (tpoffenb) <tpoffenb at cisco.com>

You can remove the usb storage modules...usb-storage.ko.  

Tom. 

-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Silva
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:36 AM
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: [CentOS] Re: Blocking external usb storage

on 6-4-2008 9:19 AM John R Pierce spake the following:
> whoami i wrote:
>> HI,
>>
>>   This is my first mail to this mailing list.I want to block external

>> usb storage completly on my  server running on centos 5 having 
>> confidiential data.
> 
> shouldn't this server be in a secure area where no one unauthorized 
> can access its USB ports in the first place?
Sure... The EASY answer!  ;-P


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