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A friend of mine forwarded this to me last week, but I forgot to send it on to NAG. A humorous or irritating (depending on your point of view) example of how gullible users can be with USB drives: http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=95556 ~ Esther -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Galbreath Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:25 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Personal devices and MSU PCs This article seems relevant to last week's discussion of USB thumb drives in the enterprise: State agency moves to plug USB flash drive security gap Washington child-support unit rolls out 200 new thumb drives with management, security tools http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic& taxo nomyName=storage&articleId=9069038&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top Jon Galbreath MCSA/MCSE/Security+ Network/Systems Administrator International Studies and Programs Ph: 517-355-2350 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Al Puzzuoli Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:31 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Personal devices and MSU PCs The ability to control this sort of thing via GPO is actually a feature of value that was added in Windows Vista: http://tinyurl.com/jkt27 Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Oscar Castaneda Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:05 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Personal devices and MSU PCs To me, the most interesting question would be: what is out there to control that type of behavior? Are software tools? hardware? locks? I have no idea. oscar David McFarlane wrote: > Esther, > >> Do you allow your users to attach their personal devices to the MSU >> PCs that they use (and you support)? >> If yes, do you have any protection in place? What works and what >> doesn't? >> If no, do you have a departmental policy or just rely on >> good-citizenship? Do you disable the USB ports on the front of PCs? > > Good questions. I may be speaking out of line here (and I hope our > other IT guys will correct me if so), but here in Psychology, Anything > Goes. Pretty much like you, we do not have a policy in place (AFAIK), > and we do allow staff to attach their own USB keys, but unlike you we > also have no restrictions on student staff. But we are also > developing new policies, so this may all change. > > -- dkm, Professional Faultfinder > > --- > David McFarlane, Systems Designer > Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University > [log in to unmask] www.msu.edu/~mcfarla9 > Voice: (517) 353-0799 Fax: (517) 353-1652 > > -- Oscar Castaneda Michigan State University -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Oscar Castaneda Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:05 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Personal devices and MSU PCs To me, the most interesting question would be: what is out there to control that type of behavior? Are software tools? hardware? locks? I have no idea. oscar David McFarlane wrote: > Esther, > >> Do you allow your users to attach their personal devices to the MSU >> PCs that they use (and you support)? >> If yes, do you have any protection in place? What works and what >> doesn't? >> If no, do you have a departmental policy or just rely on >> good-citizenship? Do you disable the USB ports on the front of PCs? > > Good questions. I may be speaking out of line here (and I hope our > other IT guys will correct me if so), but here in Psychology, Anything > Goes. Pretty much like you, we do not have a policy in place (AFAIK), > and we do allow staff to attach their own USB keys, but unlike you we > also have no restrictions on student staff. But we are also > developing new policies, so this may all change. > > -- dkm, Professional Faultfinder > > --- > David McFarlane, Systems Designer > Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University > [log in to unmask] www.msu.edu/~mcfarla9 > Voice: (517) 353-0799 Fax: (517) 353-1652 > > -- Oscar Castaneda Michigan State University