Abstract: A USB tunnel apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the USB tunnel apparatus may include a USB printer class interface operatively received by an application specific USB peripheral. The USB printer class interface is configured to identify the application specific USB peripheral as a printer class device to the host during Plug and Play enumeration, and the USB printer class interface is configured to generate a response during Plug and Play enumeration that alters the process of PnP enumeration to create a partially instantiated printer driver stack on the host when the application specific USB peripheral is in USB communication with the host, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.

Abstract: A USB tunnel apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the USB tunnel apparatus may include a USB printer class interface operatively received by an application specific USB peripheral. The USB printer class interface is configured to identify the application specific USB peripheral as a printer class device to the host during Plug and Play enumeration, and the USB printer class interface is configured to generate a response during Plug and Play enumeration that alters the process of PnP enumeration to create a partially instantiated printer driver stack on the host when the application specific USB peripheral is in USB communication with the host, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.

Abstract: A USB tunnel apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the USB tunnel apparatus may include a USB printer class interface operatively received by an application specific USB peripheral. The USB printer class interface is configured to identify the application specific USB peripheral as a printer class device to the host during Plug and Play enumeration, and the USB printer class interface is configured to generate a response during Plug and Play enumeration that alters the process of PnP enumeration to create a partially instantiated printer driver stack on the host when the application specific USB peripheral is in USB communication with the host, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.

Abstract: A USB tunnel apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the USB tunnel apparatus may include a USB printer class interface operatively received by an application specific USB peripheral. The USB printer class interface is configured to identify the application specific USB peripheral as a printer class device to the host during Plug and Play enumeration, and the USB printer class interface is configured to generate a response during Plug and Play enumeration that alters the process of PnP enumeration to create a partially instantiated printer driver stack on the host when the application specific USB peripheral is in USB communication with the host, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.

Abstract: A method for improving security to a computer system, and a computer system with improved security, that performs the steps of interrogating at least one device in communication with the computer system to gather a device identifier uniquely identifying the device, compares the device identifier with a list of identifiers to determine a level of trust, and regulates communication between the device and the computer based upon the level of trust.

Abstract: Apparatuses and computer-implemented methods of tracking high-risk, computer-readable files as they are accessed or created on a computing or data storage device are described according to some aspects. In one embodiment, file access events and file creation events between at least one software, middleware, or firmware application and at least one file system are monitored. When a high-risk file is created or accessed on the file systems, a unique identifier can be associated with the file and stored in a data store, which is independent of the file system. Access-event and creation-even information can then be stored to records in the data store for the high-risk files associated with unique identifiers.