Devices

This section documents security features that provide protections for external devices.

bolt

Starting with Ubuntu 18.04, the bolt package has been available in main to provide a desktop-oriented tool for using the Linux kernel’s Thunderbolt authorization support.

thunderbolt-tools

Starting with Ubuntu 18.04, the thunderbolt-tools package has been available in universe to provide a server-oriented tool for using the Linux kernel’s Thunderbolt authorization support.

usbauth

Starting with Ubuntu 18.04, the usbauth package has been available in universe to provide a tool for using the Linux kernel’s USB authorization support, to control device IDs and device classes that will be recognized.

usbguard

Starting with Ubuntu 16.10, the usbguard package has been available in universe to provide a tool for using the Linux kernel’s USB authorization support, to control device IDs and device classes that will be recognized.