Mostly because users are stupid! They accept incomming ,UNTRUSTED files without batting an eye. And beyond that what are they using IM's for other than wasting company time? The companies Risk vs User reward www.secuityfocus.com is a good resource if you want to research specific venurablities... But you should be able to win this argument on principal alone -Jay -----Original Message----- From: skip [mailto:skip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:06 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Dangerous MSN Messenger http://www.ISAserver.org Could someone pleaase tell me the dangers of having Imers like Ypager and MSN messenger on the company network. I have them blocked now but I'm taking alot of heat because people want to use them and i will be forced to unblock them if i cant backup why i blocked them. I read the article on isaserver.org about dangerous protocal's but was wondering if their was any moreinformation about this? Thanks for any input ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: jmobley@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')