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lacloss

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locking down usb ports

Can anyone remember an article about being able to lock the usb ports on a tower i need to leave one open for a usb phone
and block the rest ,i can block the front ports by not connecting them, but i can't find the article on how to turn the others off

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:38 pm

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Re: locking down usb ports

I know a company that have installed some software to prevent users from writing to USB devices and CD/DVD's but I don't know how good that would be... it's called Sanctuary and I can get some more information when I get back to the office tomorrow.

Thinking about there should be a local policy you can set...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:57 pm

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Re: locking down usb ports

Unless you are glueing a USB Phone cable into the port, how are you stopping them unplugging the cable and insering a USB stick?

I would guess you need to lock the ports to only accepting certain device IDs.

Try group policy...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555324

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm

Google Search page...

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Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:53 am

lacloss

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Re: locking down usb ports

thanks i think that was it

Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:32 pm

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