Method for protecting an i/o port of a computer

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for protecting an input/output port of a computer. The method includes the steps of: searching for the entry representing the input/output port in the system's registry editor (REGEDIT) of the computer according to a corresponding global unique identifier of the input/output port; obtaining a component identifier of the input/output port from the entry; searching for the physical input/output port having the obtained component identifier in the hardware library of the computer; defining a parameter for controlling the authorization of accessing the physical input/output port, the parameter having an ENABLE value and a DISABLE value corresponding to an accessible status and an inaccessible status of the physical input/output port respectively; and setting a password for controlling the authorization of changing the value of the parameter.

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