Company Firewall

JCL · #13 10-08-2005, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by gresch

being the keeper of the "company firewall" at my company, the reason so much is blocked is that users could give 2 s***s about what sites they go to and if they infect their company owned PC. Which, once it gets infected because of said web surfing, the user bitches and moans that the machine is slow and at how long it's taking to clean it up.

and THAT gentlemen, is why we bad ol' IT guys block so much with a firewall.

carry on

And not only do we block certain web sites, but we monitor the rest so that we can report on your surfing and email habits to your boss, should he ask. WiFi won't help you. All very transparent, since the company will likely have had you sign a conditions of use form when they gave you the PC, and you will have acknowledged your agreement to the corporate policies. At my company, violation of PC use policies qualifies as gross misconduct.

Welcome to IT in a business world regulated by SOX Section 404, Bill 198, etc.