Hi Dirk,
thanks for your message.
I tried both approaches: first, using udev to disable "usbhid" and second, blacklisting the driver "usbhid" in /etc/modprobe.d. In addition, I also tried blacklisting "usbcore" via modprobe, which "usbhid" depends on in my desktop Debian. However, neither ...
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- 29 Jan 2019, 13:31
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Disable USB human interface drivers and USB storage driver
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- 28 Jan 2019, 15:58
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Disable USB human interface drivers and USB storage driver
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Re: Disable USB human interface drivers and USB storage driver
Hi Dirk,
thank you for your quick reaction! We already thought about powering down the USB ports. However, as far as I understood, this is not possible without also powering down the ethernet ports. Am I correct?
Since we strictly need the ethernet ports, this is no solution if they cannot be ...
thank you for your quick reaction! We already thought about powering down the USB ports. However, as far as I understood, this is not possible without also powering down the ethernet ports. Am I correct?
Since we strictly need the ethernet ports, this is no solution if they cannot be ...
- 28 Jan 2019, 14:34
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Disable USB human interface drivers and USB storage driver
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8267
Disable USB human interface drivers and USB storage driver
Hi there,
for security reasons, I would like to disable the use of USB keyboards/mouses as well as USB storage devices (thumb drive, external harddisk, ...). On a standard debian system, I would simply disable the kernel modules (aka drivers) "usbhid" and "usb_storage". However, running "lsmod" on ...
for security reasons, I would like to disable the use of USB keyboards/mouses as well as USB storage devices (thumb drive, external harddisk, ...). On a standard debian system, I would simply disable the kernel modules (aka drivers) "usbhid" and "usb_storage". However, running "lsmod" on ...