Re: RFC/patch: authorizing (or not) devices to connect to the system

Robert Marquardt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
David Brownell schrieb:

> If this is a "security" issue, what's the threat being defended against?
> Just for USB sticks?

USB sticks are only an example here. All hotplug devices should be handled.
I do not see it primarily from the threat side. The other side is to 
have access control. "I can plug my USB stick only to the computers of 
my group". In fact there are not many users who can overcome the barrier 
and externals wanting to do so need extra work like getting an USB stick 
and the tools to clone it.

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