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https://github.com/flowchartsman/deadman
A usb-based dead man's switch
https://github.com/flowchartsman/deadman
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A usb-based dead man's switch
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/flowchartsman/deadman
- Owner: flowchartsman
- Created: 2015-05-05T16:47:00.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-03-11T03:37:27.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-02T01:27:51.065Z (about 2 months ago)
- Language: Go
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- Size: 191 KB
- Stars: 130
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 9
- Open Issues: 16
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- Readme: README.md
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README
a usb-based dead man's switch for your computer.
## Usage
```
sudo ./deadman
```
-or-
```
deadman.exe
```
Can be killed with SIGINT (ctrl-c)
## Purpose
deadman is intended as an anti-forensics/compulsion tool that will prevent or limit access to your machine if you are compelled away from it, or a device is attached to it without your consent. While it is running, if any USB device is attached or removed, it will execute a forced shut down. Possible use cases could involve a usb fob attached to the user with a lanyard as a kill switch, or as a countermeasure to devices like mouse jigglers or programmable HID devices.
## Inspiration
I recently came across [heaphaest0s](https://github.com/hephaest0s)' cool project, [usbkill](https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill), which is written in Python. I thought I might be able to improve it somewhat by making an alternative Go version that would have no external dependencies and also would work on Windows 7/8. It currently has feature parity with USBKill, though new features are being developed all the time.
## TODO
* Moar testing
* Moar docs
* Add support for FreeBSD
* Device whitelisting
* Better logging. You won't see much at the moment as it shuts down as soon as it can.
* Hook into system calls as much as possible. For now, linux and OSX systems parse ```lsusb``` or its equivalent every second. There is a branch in development for an event-based model, though this still requires polling in both OSX and Windows. On linux, it can receive udev events via a netlink socket. Whether a similar model is easily obtained in OSX or is even possible in Windows at all is being researched. In the meantime, a more efficient method of polling via WMI is being developed.