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Should, would, could...are excellent ways to shift the problem and the
blame. Putting a lock on your door doesn't so much keep the criminals out
(they can break a window, assault you and take the keys from you)...locks
are designed to keep honest people honest.
It is a fact that courts have, will and continue to require a degree of
"due diligence" on the part of the owner of an attractive nuisance. leave an
unchained, unused, old refidgerarator, even on your own property,...if a
child climbs into it and dies by suffocation, believe it...you will be
prosecuted.
Merely telling someone not to do something is often not enough of a
deterrent. That is why we have warning messages on cigarette packages,
warning messages on hot coffee, warning messages displayed when you log into
your system.
The are there to remind a person, in an immediate way, that they are about
to do something not condoned, As a system/network manager you must make a
reasonable attempt to prevent a person from doing something illegal before
you can take action against them.
If you read the news, the record companies are currently bringing law suites
again several colleges/universities, because they allegedly didn't try hard
enough to prevent students from downloading music, using Kazaa and other
Peer-to-Peer applications. Not doing the same for your employer, can allow
them to be sued and can be a great way to insure you will not make the same
mistake on your "next" employers network.
"Steevo@my-deja.com" <steevo@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:5564b01sikqmp7n06r0gka9vr4fcr2og99@4ax.com...
> On 23 May 2004 22:01:36 -0700, battuta@popmail.com (Ibn Battuta)
> wrote:
>
> >The only purpose of Kazaa is to search for and share files over the
> >Internet. If you want to block Kazaa's access to the Internet then
> >the obvious solution is to just uninstall the program!
> I'm sure his purpose is to prevent others from running P2P stuff, like
> employees.
>
> If you want to stop running it yourself, sure, just uninstall it. But
> the network guy hardly ever has that problem. He is usually tasked
> with prevention of these activities by those who are supposed to be
> working.
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