[Gllug] The total cost of ownership to Ealing Council

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On 1 Sep 2009, tethys at gmail.com stated:
> I'm not talking about rules and regulations, I'm talking about
> technical solutions. The last time I had to manage a Windows estate of
> any non-trivial size, I had USB mass storage disabled on them all as
> one of the first things I did. Anything else is bordering on
> professional negligence IMHO.

The problem is that while this is technically a really good idea, USB mass
storage devices being DMA-capable, USB sticks are the floppies of our age:
ban them and you'd better damn well have something to replace them with or
your ban will be universally reviled and got around in every way possible.
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