Re: Using a home T-1 line to evade company filtering
From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 11/17/03
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:46:50 GMT
In article <W8-dnaRxBP0jpCSiU-KYhw@comcast.com>, charlesnewman1
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> "Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:25:30 -0800, Charles Newman spoketh
> >
> > >
> > > Ah, but you see, they dont have the documentation,
> > >in such a case to back it up. And my idea is not meant to
> > >waste time, but rather to get around some usage policies
> > >that go much too far, particularly not being allowed to
> > >check E-mail on outside mail servers. I see nothing wrong
> > >with using your ISPs E-mail service as your work E-mail.
> >
> > What you don't understand is that such policies are in place to protect
> > the corporate LAN from viruses and other malware. You may think that
> > they go to far, but for someone who are protecting tens of thousands of
> > dollars of hardware and potentially millions of dollars of information,
> > this threat is very real. I used to work in publishing. Can you even
> > image what a virus that would delete all image files would do if it were
> > allowed to run for just a few minutes? Can you imaging the amount of
> > monies lost if we had 24 hours of downtime just when the magazine(s)
> > were supposed to ship to the printers?
> >
> > You don't seem to understand that your plan will undermine any and all
> > security policies put in place to protect corporate assets, and people
> > taking advantage of this ISP of yours (were it ever to go beyond the
> > planning stage) would most likely get fired so fast the wouldn't know
> > what hit them. You're also likely to get sued by every company that gets
> > compromised through your service, whether it's a valid complaint or not.
> > Legal fees alone will either force you out of business, or the
> > increasing liability insurance would.
>
>
> Well, I just hope I do strike it rich someday, so I can
> go into politics, and get a law passed restricting what
> content an employer may block, restrict, or prohibit.
You have to understand one simple thing - A COMPANY NETWORK BELONGS TO
THE COMPANY!!!!!!
A company can provide any level of service to its employees that it
wants to - there is not promise of internet service just because you are
working for a company that has internet access!
> And by your logic, just about every coffee house and
> Internet cafe could theoretically be sued. An increasing
> number of them have wireless hotspots, which can be
> accessed from up to 1.8 miles away with a high-gain
> antenna.
An they are in the business of providing LOCAL internet service WITHIN
THEIR FACILITY. Should the standards of Wireless Signal Levels be
exceeded by these businesses they will be fined and shutdown. There is
abound NO chance that a cafe's signal will work inside anyone's building
- esp since they are on the same frequency as other devices.
> What if someone NEVER uses the Ethernet connection
> on the company LAN, and, instead, uses a wireless hotspot
> from a nearby Internet cafe, and just simply logs into the
> company network via VPN, or whatever remote access
> the company implements? I dont think a company could
> really take much of an issue with you loggin in via VPN,
> and using that to do your work.
You don't really believe that the company is going to let you sit in
their office, connect to an external connection, VPN back into the
office, and then let you access the LAN and internet at the same time do
you? Most of the VPN clients restrict access such that the user can ONLY
access the LAN and not the internet while the VPN is active!
> As long as you are doing your work, I see no trouble
> with allowing an employee to connect to an ISP outside
> the company, be it wiress, or over a phone line, and
> then logging in to the company network via VPN.
The point is that YOU ARE NOT DOING YOUR WORK when you are playing
around on the web! You clearly state that you believe that people should
be able to chat/browse while at work, which is NOT something they are
paying you for.
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