full-disclosure - Re: Fwd: Comment on: USB devices spreading viruses

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Message-ID: <2b87e78b0811231923p2561c0f7yb4e367b81f475c6e@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:23:28 +0000
From: "disco jonny" <discojonny@...il.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, soc@...cert.gov
Subject: Re: Fwd: Comment on: USB devices spreading viruses

On 21/11/2008, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:13:27 GMT, n3td3v said:
>> Its sad when it comes to the state of affairs when random folks on a
>> mailing list need to advise the u.s department of defense because
>> their IT security staff suck.
>
> Yeah, especially when the random folks don't even understand the problem
> space.
>
> You ever consider the possibility that some of those machines *need* the
> removable media, because they are sneaker-netting highly sensitive data
> around (the sort that you'd be upset if it was on a network-accessible
> machine)?  That puts constraints on what you can and can't do to secure
> the removable media.
>
> It's a bad idea to epoxy-glue the USB slots when that's the only way to
> get data in or out of the machine.  Kinda boat-anchors it.
>
> Having said that, it *is* a good idea to configure the box so the removable
> media is flagged non-execute - unless the removable media includes the
> executable that's the machine's reason for being, but the media has to go
> back into the GSA-rated safe when you're done working with it.
>
> (And yes, there *are* boxes out there that don't *have* permanent storage -
> you
> have to check the removable storage in and out of the vault.)
>

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