I work for a small startup, and get my blackberry (phone and data) completely covered by them. Consequently they can get a hold of me 24/7, but they don't abuse that, I only get called if a production server is offline.
My home broadband is paid by me, although I do keep the receipts for the accountant. If he makes use of them I didn't ask.
I couldn't see providing the company with a way to get a hold of me that I wasn't compensated for in some way (pay, reimbursement, or permissions).
I don't work on any networks approaching the 500 size, but I've used Ethereal hundreds of times, primarily on MS systems, and it always helps. Being free is certainly worth points on its own. Also being built into many distros helps too.
I used tcpdump one or two times when it was already present on a system. I don't have anything against it, I am simply much more comfortable with the big E.
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I work for a small startup, and get my blackberry (phone and data) completely covered by them. Consequently they can get a hold of me 24/7, but they don't abuse that, I only get called if a production server is offline. My home broadband is paid by me, although I do keep the receipts for the accountant. If he makes use of them I didn't ask. I couldn't see providing the company with a way to get a hold of me that I wasn't compensated for in some way (pay, reimbursement, or permissions).
I don't work on any networks approaching the 500 size, but I've used Ethereal hundreds of times, primarily on MS systems, and it always helps. Being free is certainly worth points on its own. Also being built into many distros helps too.
I used tcpdump one or two times when it was already present on a system. I don't have anything against it, I am simply much more comfortable with the big E .