RE: uniquely identifing USB device

["Taylor, Graham" <GrahamTaylor () MichaelPage com>]

Some suppliers can modify the Hardware ID string in the USB sticks, this is the approach I took when introducing 
endpoint security in my organisation.


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Sent: 06 April 2012 04:05
To: erki.manniste () webmedia ee
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Subject: Re: uniquely identifing USB device

This is challenging. For instance, many USB sticks are supplied by the same hardware vendor...



On 5 Apr 2012, at 11:24, erki.manniste () webmedia ee wrote:

> Hi,
> I need to identify a usb stick uniquely and I have been trying to find out weather using just hardwareID is enough? 
> I have heard of a driver that lets you emulate an usb device and set that ID, but quick googleing didn t give any 
> results. Does anybody know of something like that? Is it possible to (for someone with mediocre hacking skills) to 
> manipulate with these values? Is there a better way to uniquely identify that device?
>
> Thanks,
> erki
>
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