Maybe OT: Network ethics

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Feb 2 15:45:59 2002

On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On February 2, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> > > 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 agree with the above. Nobody should ever just assume it is
> > ok to do whatever they wish on somebody elses network withouth
> > getting explicit permission first. I have similar problems with
> > contractors in a similar secure building. If for no other reason
> > than it is bad etiquette to impose yourself into someone elses area
> > without permission to do so.
>
> However, the admin must assume that someone WILL just walk in and do
> whatever they wish, when the admin least expects it...some people do
> it because they're assholes, some just do it without thinking because
> they weren't raised to have any manners. One must strive to make the
> network resilient to such crap.

Moral of the story: if you're anal about this sort of thing, don't leave
unguarded or unused network ports "hot".

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