Slashdot Mirror
Do You Allow Webmail Use on Your Network?
rtobyr asks: "I don't allow users at my organization to use any third party e-mail. When users complain, I point out that we can't control the security policies of outside systems. End users tend to think that big business will of course have good security; so I ran a test of the 'Big Four': Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, and GMail. Yahoo Mail was the only webmail provider to allow delivery of a VBS script. GMail was the only provider to block a zipped VBS script. End users also tend to think that a big business would never pull security features out from under their customers. Of course, we know that AOL and Microsoft have both compromised the security of their customers. I don't know of any security related bad press for Yahoo or Google. Three of my Big Four either allow VBS attachments or have a poor security track records. So, if you are a network administrator, do you limit your users' ability to use third party e-mail, and if so, do you allow for GMail or other providers that you've deemed to have secure systems and reputations?"
Do people really chmod +x email attachments?!? I'd say your problem is in user education. Hell, any user knowledgeable enough to know how to set the executable flag should KNOW better!
Hah! With Linux, it's so much easier. I just don't give them a login for the system at all! Those pesky users just get to look at a pristine monitor and keyboard, but are not allowed to touch... Can't have them fucking up my nice clean install now can I?
Muahahaha!
Congrats, you just pwnt the GP with the GIANT WALL OF TEXT!!.
Seriously man, paragraphs.
"The problem with internet quotations is that many are not genuine" -Abraham Lincoln