RE: Risks/dangers of unauthorized web proxy

["William Holmberg" <wholmberg () amdpi com>]

Also, A tight GPO will uninstall anything outside the scope of the
companies policy. A good AD manager can easily stop this behavior by
granting Power User rights to the local user for certain installs, and
check it against the GPO at the next login for compliance.

Regards,
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Steve Olive
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:53 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Risks/dangers of unauthorized web proxy

On Tuesday 14 August 2007 02:11, you wrote:
> I disagree with the system Admin liablity. How on earth would he
control a
> laptop user going off site and downloading and installing illegal
> soffware? Especially if your policy allows user to install some
approved
> software on their PC. I believe its the user that is liable.

That is why big business locks down laptops, PCs, PDAs, etc so users
can't 
install software. If you are allowing illegal software on company
property 
the BSA will prosecute the company. A typical case:

http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;2145891778;fp;32768;fpid;18231
82985

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Regards,

Steve