On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 10 Aug 2009, Venkatraman S wrote: > > 2009/8/10 மா. குமரன் <[email protected]> > > > > I wanted to disable all the usb drives in a pc for a period of time > > > (for example for one day alone). How to do it? . Tell me the > > > command or shell script to do it? > > > > > I hope you are not a sysadmin who wants to prevent all the mortals > > from stealing 'previous company information' and hence resorted to > > this solution > > > > :) > Is it wrong to have such a policy to prevent data theft? USB pen drives > with small size and data caps. of 16GB and upwards is the easiest way > to copy data. >
1. Typo : s/previous/precious/ 2. Sensitive data is always a few lines long; and mostly contains a dozen words. 3. Human mind can remember the one in #2. 4. If not #3, then almost all mobiles have cameras these days. 5. To stop #4, prohibit mobiles in those work places. (Apparently, i worked for such a firm which was planning such a move :P ; the sysads first disabled the USBs etc and then suggested this move) Summary : value the human mind. Each blockage to secure the data is just a stage in a _chakravyuha_; but _abhimanyu_ is defnitely going to crack it. More bahs/mehs? :P -V- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
