[THIN] Re: OT: End User is cheating

  • From: "Ryan Sumstad (Hotmail)" <ryan_sumstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 11:15:14 -0500

Or disable the modem in his login script:

DevCon Command Line Utility Alternative to Device Manager
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D311272

Then re-enable it on log-off.

-R


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Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: End User is cheating



Simple - remove the modem!


At 04:32 PM 5/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I have an end user who knows enough to be dangerous and not enough to=20
>be smart.  Through our internal network we block most traffic to the=20
>outside world except http and a couple other services that the end=20
>users need.  We have a proxy that blocks unwanted sites and blocks=20
>downloading of certain types of files, ie. exe, bat, etc. And we also=20
>filter incoming emails.  Needless to say our users only get what they=20
>need and no more.  My problem comes in because one of my users has an=20
>analog line in his office and what he is doing is dialing up to his isp =

>with his own personal account and downloading email and totally getting =

>around our whole defence system.  One would think this is a slam dunk=20
>case but the problem is that he is a partner at my firm.  So my=20
>question is what can I do???? Is there a way to disable his machine=20
>from making the connection to his isp while he is connected to our lan? =
=20
>Or any other suggestions would be most helpful. We are using W2k AD.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jonathan
>
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