IEEE 1667 explained

IEEE 1667 ("Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices") is a standard published and maintained by the IEEE that describes various methods for authenticating removable storage devices such as USB flash drives when they are inserted into a computer. The protocol is universal, and thus operating-system independent. It is currently part of Windows Vista (SP2) and Windows 7,^[1] Server 2008,^[2] Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Further reading

• Rich . Donald . 2007 . Authentication in Transient Storage Device Attachments . Computer . IEEE . 40 . 4 . 102–104 . 10.1109/MC.2007.116 . 6669342 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Enhanced Storage. MSDN.Microsoft.com. Microsoft. 14 October 2016.
2. Web site: Introducing Enhanced Storage Access. Technet.Microsoft.com. Microsoft. 9 March 2008. 14 October 2016.