From what I've read, the search for the culprit typically stops at the ISP...when they get their name-to-ip mapping.
So it's then up to the internet connection owner to prove that he wasn't downloading / uploading. And from what I've read, no one seems to be able make that argument properly.
The smart people know that thanks to a little thing called NAT, there is almost no way to track users in a situation like that, unless the router is question is keeping DHCP, MAC, and access logs...to which your standard Linksys isn't doing.
Oh and I found out about it when I was working on their PC; one of them mentioned something about the connection being down and not being able to download music. I was really happy to hear that...
This is a fine idea, except for when someone uses it for uploading / downloading **AA content and now you are liable. At least at this point in time...
I used to share my internet with my neighbors, via a lowered-security network and open WIFI. Then I found out they were downloading (and presumably sharing) music. I eventually killed the open SSID and told them they would no longer get free internet due to a change with my internet connection.
Previous to the cancellation of their internet access they told me they would stop downloading music, but there was no way I was going to be made an example of by the **AA, and this was back when the lawsuits were flying. I tried to run with a simple content filter for a while but decided that I didn't want to support something like that for someone who wasn't paying me anyhow...so buh-bye.
But I'm sure at this point everyone just wants to go back to using their login name as their password (and the "password never expires" checkbox clicked on their account) like it was when I got there.
It's a losing battle. If I told them that they will never have to change them again, but they had to come up with a difficult password (with letters/numbers/caps) they wouldn't do it.
So my only defense is the fact that it changes every once and a while.
I've got engineers here that use their last name as a password and because of the software they run they need local admin permissions. Tell me that's not a problem...
I went to help a user this morning with their voicemail. I push the "Voice Mail" button on their phone and it asks their password. He pulls out a notepad from his top, always unlocked, desk drawer. This notepad has ALL of his passwords written on it. He has access to some pretty important stuff, too.
I couldn't believe my eyes...
Then some of my other users have started using "asdfg" and "qwerty" because I make them change it too often (every 90 days). I guess that's a little better than using their last name.
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From what I've read, the search for the culprit typically stops at the ISP...when they get their name-to-ip mapping.
So it's then up to the internet connection owner to prove that he wasn't downloading / uploading. And from what I've read, no one seems to be able make that argument properly.
The smart people know that thanks to a little thing called NAT, there is almost no way to track users in a situation like that, unless the router is question is keeping DHCP, MAC, and access logs...to which your standard Linksys isn't doing.
Oh and I found out about it when I was working on their PC; one of them mentioned something about the connection being down and not being able to download music. I was really happy to hear that...
This is a fine idea, except for when someone uses it for uploading / downloading **AA content and now you are liable. At least at this point in time...
I used to share my internet with my neighbors, via a lowered-security network and open WIFI. Then I found out they were downloading (and presumably sharing) music. I eventually killed the open SSID and told them they would no longer get free internet due to a change with my internet connection.
Previous to the cancellation of their internet access they told me they would stop downloading music, but there was no way I was going to be made an example of by the **AA, and this was back when the lawsuits were flying. I tried to run with a simple content filter for a while but decided that I didn't want to support something like that for someone who wasn't paying me anyhow...so buh-bye.
You forgot the /sarcasm tags.
Or those are real spelling errors...in which case you should start attending some of the classes your college offers.
How can I rate something Troll or Redundant?
Because what would stop me from pulling out my gauge cluster and putting in another one for a few months?
You know, leave just enough mileage for them to see so they dont think I'm pulling something...but not too much so I don't pay a lot.
Is there a better solution? Probably...
But I'm sure at this point everyone just wants to go back to using their login name as their password (and the "password never expires" checkbox clicked on their account) like it was when I got there.
It's a losing battle. If I told them that they will never have to change them again, but they had to come up with a difficult password (with letters/numbers/caps) they wouldn't do it.
So my only defense is the fact that it changes every once and a while.
I've got engineers here that use their last name as a password and because of the software they run they need local admin permissions. Tell me that's not a problem...
I went to help a user this morning with their voicemail. I push the "Voice Mail" button on their phone and it asks their password. He pulls out a notepad from his top, always unlocked, desk drawer. This notepad has ALL of his passwords written on it. He has access to some pretty important stuff, too.
I couldn't believe my eyes...
Then some of my other users have started using "asdfg" and "qwerty" because I make them change it too often (every 90 days). I guess that's a little better than using their last name.
I agree that passwords ARE useless.