On February 2, Doc wrote:
> The building in question is a secured building. Guests are required
> to log in & out, and rooms other than snack area & restrooms are locked.
> It is a government building. Space is donated to a local computer
> group. A member of that group simply plugged into the local LAN. The
> building's rep did state that the port should not have been left hot,
> and nobody has admitted, or claimed, that the member did anything but
> access the internet.
>
> I guess my opinion, which isn't very popular here, is that unless
> permission has been explicitly given, one should not assume permission
> to a local LAN, or internet access through the LAN. I do recognize that
> my position is due to working frequently at secured sites. One such
> facility, in San Antonio, prohibits ANY access to their network by
> non-employees. Contractors must tell a technician what commands to
> enter, and which buttons to click.
I think in a secure gov't facility, my approach would be a little
different...having once been in charge of the network at such a facility,
I can attest to the fact that there is a fair amount of paranoia,
often rightly so.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Sat Feb 02 2002 - 20:34:06 GMT