Methods and systems for allocating a USB device to a trusted virtual machine or a non-trusted virtual machine
US9507615B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The methods and systems described herein provide for allocating a universal serial bus (USB) device to one of a trusted virtual machine and a non-trusted virtual machine. A control program receives data indicating a USB port on the computing machine received a USB device and identifies at least one attribute of the USB device. The control program selects, based on application of a policy to the identified at least one device attribute, one of a trusted virtual machine and a non-trusted virtual machine executing. The control program grants, to the virtual machine selected by the control program, access to the USB device.
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