PSA: don't circumvent your company's pc security setup

[NuclearNed]

We, your friendly company computer professionals, have lots of really good reasons that we tighten the security on company pcs like we do. We don't do it for fun. We do it because deep down, we love you and care for you and want to keep you from getting yourself in trouble. We know that temptation goes hand in hand with computer use, and we like to steer you towards the bright path of doing the right thing. It takes time and effort on our behalf, but by golly, you are worth it. We like you, and we want you to like us too.

So it really pains us when you go to such great lengths to violate company policy and circumvent every bit of security that we have implemented. It kind of feels like the most wretched of betrayals. No, rather, it feels like your cherished first love ripped your beating heart out of your love-struck chest and took a heaping beer - asparagus - nacho dump on it right in front of your grandmother. And that makes us feel, well, sad and empty inside.

So please, please, please think of us and our tender feelings the next time you want to endanger your precious job by either logging into a secure network, then allowing someone else to do work under your account, or vice-versa. You'll feel better about yourself in the long run, and we'll continue to live in blessed harmony.

 

[toekramp]

hooray for having admin rights on my work computer

 

[broon]

I have admin rights also. Around here your "friendly company computer professionals" aren't qualified to work at Best Buy.

 

[EyeMWing]

Sounds like someone just got off the phone with human resources.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: broon
I have admin rights also. Around here your "friendly company computer professionals" aren't qualified to work at Best Buy.

That's not the case here - not to brag, but we have very good professionals who have for good reason set up a really good security schema. There is a new guy who needed access to one of our most secure systems. Instead of asking us for permissions to use the system (which we would have gladly given), the other guys in his group would log onto this system, then intentionally walk away so that this guy could do his work under their accounts. That is a major security no-no for us. The idiots who would log on for him probably don't realize that the blame for anything he screwed up, intentionally or otherwise, would fall squarely on their shoulders.

 

[NutBucket]

Meh, the corporate image of XP/2K sucks. The most annoying thing is Norton. Its set to scan files on every action; open, close, create, move, etc. Takes FOREVER!! Actually on this computer I had Norton, managed to rip most of it out and install AVG

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Sounds like someone just got off the phone with human resources.

Actually, no, even though that could easily have happened. Our information systems security guy is going to go have a chat with this group.

 

[NogginBoink]

It just takes firing one guy for word to spread.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Anyone able to circumvent said security, should be smart enough not to do anything stupid.

 

[imported_Kensai]

I am the network admin.

 

[azazyel]

They have computers in Tennessee? Well...who would have thunk that!

 

[Linflas]

I can't tell you the number of times I have been told by someone after gently reminding them that I don't want to know their password "But I don't keep anything on this computer/do anything personal on this computer" etc. Most users really don't understand or have not been taught that the reason we require login IDS and passwords is not really to protect their individual stuff or machine. At that point I just try to explain it to them without a bunch of jargon or talking down to them and generally they get it after that.

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: broon
I have admin rights also. Around here your "friendly company computer professionals" aren't qualified to work at Best Buy.

 

Thanks to ssh tunneling and my home proxy, I am able to circumvent my company's little silly firewall thingie

 

[Mermaidman]

So when I'm working at home with the company laptop and using my own cable internet connection, BUT also logged into the company VPN, will pr0n surfing be noticed?

Not that I'm doing that (the pr0n), but just curious.

 

[Stiganator]

Amen to that dwell otherwise we might have to do stuff!

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: dwell
Thanks to ssh tunneling and my home proxy, I am able to circumvent my company's little silly firewall thingie

Until they realize that you're hitting the same IP for EVERYTHING....

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
It just takes firing one guy for word to spread.

Its a real shame that we can't kill one and leave his body hanging on a cubicle wall as a warning to the others.

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: azazyel
They have computers in Tennessee? Well...who would have thunk that!

Don't kid yourself - they don't even have electricity there.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: BillGates

Originally posted by: azazyel
They have computers in Tennessee? Well...who would have thunk that!

Don't kid yourself - they don't even have electricity there.

We got a real sweet deal on a whole bunch of laptops from a company called Etch-o-sketch. Who needs Dell?

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Anyone able to circumvent said security, should be smart enough not to do anything stupid.

These guys aren't smart enough to do any actual hacking - one guy would log in and let the other use his account. That said, that really isn't the point. We have company policies and procedures that forbid this with punishments going all the way up to loss of the offender's job. Our security schema is set up specifically so that we can know who did what and when. Using someone else's account is just a really stupid thing to do.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: BillGates

Originally posted by: azazyel
They have computers in Tennessee? Well...who would have thunk that!

Don't kid yourself - they don't even have electricity there.

We got a real sweet deal on a whole bunch of laptops from a company called Etch-o-sketch. Who needs Dell?

You mean those cute, red tablet PCs?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

something fed up on my comp, it couldnt fix it so they ended up just giving me admin rights

 

[Krk3561]

My high school had Novell set up and they blocked you from accessing certain sites like espn.com or aol.com, in addition to adult material, but I found that if you disabled internet proxy in windows registry (which i got to thru command prompt), then you could visit any site, but they could still see the sites you went to. Then I figured out that if you logged in under the username administrator there was no password. Overall the network was very insecure.

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
My high school had Novell set up and they blocked you from accessing certain sites like espn.com or aol.com, in addition to adult material, but I found that if you disabled internet proxy in windows registry (which i got to thru command prompt), then you could visit any site, but they could still see the sites you went to. Then I figured out that if you logged in under the username administrator there was no password. Overall the network was very insecure.

similar situation when I was in hs years ago....found out if you typed in the ip address could bypass most of the filtering.