Re: Packet sniffing problems

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 03/29/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:46:39 +0300

    "Dom W." wrote:

    > where I live an employer has every legal
    > right to monitor their employee's computer use, the highest courts in
    > the land have upheld that right time and time again. We even have the
    > right, in many circumstances, to read all private e-mail you send and
    > receive. The whole issue is you're using an employer provided
    > computer and network, you don't own it, you're being allowed to use
    > it. Thus, the owner of said system and computer has the right to
    > monitor their system.
    >
    > In any case, all employees have been long aware of our company's
    > Internet policy. After this most recent incident, they have also been
    > served notice that all future surfing will be monitored. Trust me,
    > we're covered.

    If you have issued a direct order regarding web usage, but your employees
    are disregarding it, the nature of your problem is not technical, and
    neither is the solution.

    I have sometimes encountered similar problems involving usage of semi-public
    Internet terminals. One possible solution is forcing traffic through a proxy
    which only allows access to those sites deemed desirable by the owner.

    Should you happen to be a member of the Internet Society, I would like to
    draw your attention to section 10 of the Code of Conduct, available at
    <URL:https://www.isoc.org/members/codeconduct.shtml>.

    Thor 

    -- 
http://thorweb.anta.net/
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