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Banned USB?
By DjiSaSie on 11/24/2008 6:35:00 AM , Rating: 4
At our office, we have banned UFD long time ago ... Why it took a long time for a "Military headquarters" to do the same?
Maybe because of a super virus, that completely undetectable on access, a super rootkits?

RE: Banned USB?
By wideout on 11/24/2008 7:40:14 AM , Rating: 2
I work for a different branch of the government, Department of the Treasury, and they just recently allowed the use of USB Flash Drives. Though, their concern was more about encryption of data put on the flash drive as opposed to viruses.

If the US Government really wanted to embrace USB Flash Drive technology, they should severely punish anybody who misuses it (spreads a virus, looses the drive, etc). I mean, that is pretty much how they pretty much solved stupid chain e-mails and reply to all e-mails inside the government. If you enforce a punishment, either the stupid people will be fired, leave, or learn to behave.

RE: Banned USB?
By jonmcc33 on 11/24/2008 7:59:45 AM , Rating: 4
They should lock their systems down with Group Policy and only allow authorized users with issued USB flash drives to use them. That would resolve this issue.

When I was in the USAF nobody was allowed to plug their personal PDA's in at all or anything. Local admin rights were removed from everyone so nobody could install hardware or software.

Of course thumb drives weren't as cheap or popular back then either.

RE: Banned USB?
By Alexstarfire on 11/24/2008 1:30:55 PM , Rating: 2
But my phone doesn't need to be installed to use it as a mass storage device. I think the same can be said about flash drives too.

