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, Server 2008, Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.
References
Further reading Rich, Donald (2007). "Authentication in Transient Storage Device Attachments". Computer. 40 (4). IEEE: 102–104. doi:10.1109/MC.2007.116. S2CID 6669342.