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Post by rodge on Apr 28, 2017 1:55:15 GMT
Doing some work today for a company that's based in another country that has crazy IT requirements.
They only run certain versions of windows, no internet access and their emails regularly get put in the spam folder because they are known for their tendency to get viruses.
So the weird thing is, I was working on one of their systems using TeamViewer, a program that allows remote access.
I was able to transfer whatever I wanted from my laptop to the host computer. Had me wondering if I'd just seen a big hole in their security system.
Seems ridiculous that any employee could let anyone in so easily.
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Post by johnc on Apr 28, 2017 6:53:27 GMT
The madness of the IT world.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 8:13:19 GMT
I think the problem tends to be that those who run companies and many involved in the IT sales/implementation side aren't as IT-savvy/bright as they could be. Problems only tend to come to light when a fresh pair of eyes looks at things. I clearly recall finding out that my previous company's (quite) expensive UPS was about as much use as a choccy teapot as the software to gently power down the system hadn't been switched on by the previous installers...
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Post by grampa on Apr 28, 2017 8:48:41 GMT
I think the problem tends to be that those who run companies and many involved in the IT sales/implementation side aren't as IT-savvy/bright as they could be. But surely that's why they employ people like Rodge - there are lots of activities in a business where you need to employ outside expertise which it's not practical to have within. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 9:19:22 GMT
True, but the former design 'policies', and the latter seem (in my experience) to be more concerned with signing new clients than in the quality of implementation etc. A massive generalisation, I'm sure.
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Post by Tim on Apr 28, 2017 10:42:43 GMT
Our new system sounds a lot like Frank's.
If I click on the links posted on here - even to something like a BBC story or Autotrader - it just gets blocked by the net nanny.
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Post by Boxer6 on Apr 28, 2017 10:55:44 GMT
Our new system sounds a lot like Frank's. If I click on the links posted on here - even to something like a BBC story or Autotrader - it just gets blocked by the net nanny. Ours isn't quite that bad - yet!
It's definitely coming though, as newer staff than us old timers have different log-on domains and can't access many of the sites that we can such as the BBC etc, and, surprising to me at least, Yahoo mail was banned to everyone for a while but can now be accessed by ther "old" log on's but not the new ones still. Very odd, I think, but not being an IT bod I don't know the reasons for it other than the security breach Yahoo admitted to a while ago (that happened in 2013 or something like that!)
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Post by Martin on Apr 28, 2017 11:10:37 GMT
I use my personal phone to access the forum during the day as I've got more data per month than I'll ever need, keeps things nice and simple.
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Post by Big Blue on Apr 28, 2017 11:58:37 GMT
I run the client's stuff via Citrix and I can't swap between my laptop and their virtual PN. It's great: it means I have their stuff on the big screen and my stuff on the laptop screen.
If I'm honest, I'm glad that the actual work networks are nailed down like they should be. In the '90s I used to stream all manner of film clips on my work machine whilst on a project for Ericsson. Madness.
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Post by Boxer6 on Apr 28, 2017 15:31:29 GMT
Yahoo mail was banned to everyone for a while but can now be accessed by ther "old" log on's but not the new ones still. Very odd, I think, but not being an IT bod I don't know the reasons for it other than the security breach Yahoo admitted to a while ago (that happened in 2013 or something like that!) [/quote] No, it's not that specific security issue. Insecure email accounts, like file sharing accounts, mean it is possible to send patient identifiable information in an insecure form which breaks IG Rules.[/quote][/p]
I get that, but e.g. gmail. Hotmail etc have never been stopped, only Yahoo (AFAIK)
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