Article 37CC0 [$] USBGuard: authorization for USB

[$] USBGuard: authorization for USB

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USBGuard is asecurity framework for the authorization of USB devices that can be pluggedinto a Linux system. For users who want to protect a system from maliciousUSB devices or unauthorized use of USB ports on a machine, this program gives a number of fine-grained policy options for specifyinghow USB devices can interact with a host system. It is a tool similar tousbauth, which also provides an interface to create access-control policies for theUSB ports. Although kernelauthorization for USB devices already exists, programs like USBGuard makeit easy to craft policies using those mechanisms.

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