William Ballard wrote on 2004-12-16 07:31:
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 07:13:18AM +0200, ocl wrote:This opinion of mine will be valid (AFAIC) until a) there is a way to authenticate these PnP devices b) someone comes up a workable solution that enables per-user authorization for these PnP devices [in a single-sign-on environment]MS is going to lockdown usb devices in Longhorn.
They are beginning to learn, then.. But, USB is not enough; all portable (PnP) devices should be /lockdownable/.. IMO, anything that is likely to bring in, or take out data (inc. binaries) needs to be authorized and authenticated. Linux is no exception. Cheers, Ray