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Taking USB Out to the Network Edge

 B&B - Taking USB Out to the Network

Although it was initially designed for office and IT environments, USB was quickly adopted by industry as well. Its simplicity and interoperability made it too useful to ignore. But USB has built-in vulnerabilities that can cause trouble when it is used in real-world applications. USB’s effective range for a direct connection is just five meters, and using hubs only extends that to 30 meters. And USB was not designed to communicate with devices that employ older data communications protocols.

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