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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by sysadmindotfail on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:51PM (#24063524)
>About 13-14 years ago some parts of the US DoD resorted to hot glue gun filling all the usb ports on desktop PCs, except for the two ports required for the keyboard and mouse.

Here's a current story:

Someone ordered the wrong desk phones at your large company?

1.) Assemble your crew. Go to various departments and recruit non-technical people.

2.) Task them with disassembling 1000 desk phones.

3.) Hot glue USB port on phone shut.

4.) Reassemble 1000 desk phones.

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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by sneak on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @06:58PM (#24066519)
Is the disassembly and reassembly just for more billable hours? Seems to me you could fill user-accessible USB ports with hot glue without it, same as a user could fill it with an unauthorized USB device.
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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by sysadmindotfail on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:41AM (#24082374)
The procedure was done to meet an audit, less about hours and more about mitigating a mistake (I guess).
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