Re: @home: Is *anyone* really home there???

[thalakan () TECHNOLOGIST COM (Jason Spence)]

Wozz wrote:

> The overuse of these home "firewall" solutions is making overall security
> worse, IMHO.  I spend a majority of my time at work filtering through stuff
> like this, and not spending time working on things that would actually improve
> security.  Thankfully, I've just recently gotten approval to hire someone to
> just sit there and sift through all this junk for me.

I'm in a very similar situation, and I look at it as an opportunity to
educate the users (finally I have a reason!).  They're either going to
complain to us or to the FBI's cybercrime unit about these problems.  If we
intervene, we get a chance to educate them about good security practices and
everyone is happy.  If the FBI intervenes, then they're going to take
responsibility and all sorts of undesirable things happen.

 - Jason