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Undeserved bad rap for USB ...
Apparently the sin committed by USB is its versatility and its ubiquity. As someone above has pointed out, 10/100baseT ethernet connections can be easily abused as well. Why, have we forgotten that one can easily connect a zip drive to a parallel port and transport 250MB in no time? Thats easily enough to infect a machine or enable an employee to walk out with critical data. Oh, so we use Windows (famous for its security prowess) to 'secure' the USB ports. An employee walks in with a USB drive and a mini OS on a business card CD. Windows security has been instantly and very effectively bypassed. A truly determined employee can these days simply bring in a small notebook with a SATA port and plug right into the machines hard drive. There are so many access points and securing them (which CAN be done) involves locking down a machine so thoroughly that it becomes impossible for the user to perform their daily tasks. Security is a two sided coin. The easy road to security is to lock down features. The REASON Windows has so many secrurity holes is due to the fact that it is LOADED with features. Every feature opens holes, its that simple, but most people just don't seem to get it. Thats why most of the security talk these days is mostly just pointless jawboning. It sounds impressive, but it has no substance.
Posted by: George Mitchell   Posted on: 09/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Let's just...  BitTwiddler | 09/28/04
You'd have to shut down Internet access also ...  worknman | 09/28/04
Exactly  alterego_z | 09/28/04
Windows is more of a security threat  ITGuy04 | 09/28/04
Idiot post  quietLee | 09/28/04
PKB  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/28/04
???  SC-man | 09/29/04
Windows is fine... just don't view any JPGs with it...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/28/04
USB Issues  Domb2 | 09/28/04
Isn't this an artificial issue?  ghetyei | 09/28/04
A very artificial issue and  brand police | 09/28/04
Not quite  rapson | 09/28/04
Agreed  Pinkerton | 09/29/04
Step 1- Disable USB in BIOS. Step 2-Password protect BIOS  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/28/04
What about USB mice/keyboards?  rdwhitti | 09/28/04
I agree...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/28/04
and ....  V Sanders | 09/28/04
Poetic Justice  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/28/04
Sure its true but their are third party products to prevent this  spam@... | 09/28/04
Corkscrew  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/28/04
More FUD  keyboard_express | 09/28/04
if only their was a easy set of config files, registry is such a mess  V Sanders | 09/28/04
Undeserved bad rap for USB ...  George Mitchell | 09/28/04
And then there are thin clients ...  George Mitchell | 09/29/04
To compromise date, you only need two things  Sir_Chancealot | 09/30/04
If you're that concerned about it.  John L. Ries | 10/01/04
My six step guide to solve the USB madness problem  kule | 10/13/04
USB Drive Access Control Solution !!!  Anasmaq@... | 11/23/09

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