Re: Predator (USB key security)

This may be of interest as well, http://pamusb.org/ (and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=17571)

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 19:08, Seva Epsteyn <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just wrote this shell script, using a random USB thumb drive I had lying
> around.  Obviously, I wouldn't suggest it as being very secure, especially
> as that serial number appears rather silly.  I've done that with a Bluetooth
> phone before for fun as well.  If you search on the web, you should be able
> to find a few examples.
>
>
> DIR='/proc/scsi/usb-storage'
> SEKRET="000000000000A9"
> ACTION="lock"
> PAUSE="1"
>
>
> while true; do
>         for dev in $(ls -1 "$DIR"); do
>                 serial=$(cat $DIR/$dev | grep ^Serial | awk '{print $3}')
>                 if [ "$serial" = "$SEKRET" ]; then
>                         ACTION="unlock"
>                 fi
>         done
>
>         if [ "$ACTION" = "unlock" ]; then
>                 gnome-screensaver-command -d
>         else
>                 gnome-screensaver-command -a
>         fi
>
>         ACTION="lock"; sleep $PAUSE
> done
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 16:48, Rick Munday <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.montpellier-informatique.com/predator/en/index.php?n=Main.HomePage
>>
>> Anyone know of something like this for *nix? Ubuntu specifically?
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>

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