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Hmmm. Once again with the moral dilemma. We are not supposed to be able to check web mail from work. Because I've got my account from a nice obscure hosting company I can check mine. That’s not a problem (or at least I'm not concerned about it). But I have now discovered that there is a way into Yahoo mail from here. And (this is the worrying bit) it's not all that obscure. So, the question is, do I tell IT security?
I guess what this actually does is point up my elitism. I wouldn't consider giving them the heads up on my hosting company's web mail because the chances are pretty high that I'm the only one here who's using it and I know that I can be trusted not to run stupid attachments on my PC. And, at the very least the only people who are using it are likely to be similarly techy. But loads of plebs use Yahoo - do I trust them not to fuck our network up by running VB attachments? That's certainly the justification they give for blocking these sites in the first place - a vector for viruses. I seem to assume that most people just won't have enough tech common sense. Sadly, as last years infection of the bank with Code Red shows, I'm probably right.
I guess what this actually does is point up my elitism. I wouldn't consider giving them the heads up on my hosting company's web mail because the chances are pretty high that I'm the only one here who's using it and I know that I can be trusted not to run stupid attachments on my PC. And, at the very least the only people who are using it are likely to be similarly techy. But loads of plebs use Yahoo - do I trust them not to fuck our network up by running VB attachments? That's certainly the justification they give for blocking these sites in the first place - a vector for viruses. I seem to assume that most people just won't have enough tech common sense. Sadly, as last years infection of the bank with Code Red shows, I'm probably right.
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Date: April 9th, 2002 02:50 am (UTC)From:I can see your point, the rules are there for the idiots really, aren't they? :)
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Date: April 9th, 2002 02:58 am (UTC)From:Yeah. I just feel faintly guilty when I think it :(
Sounds like I'm lucky they haven't spotted my webmail - I log into it most days. Heres hoping they don't... Wouldn't it be ironic if they spotted that and not yahoo!
if there's a hoop to jump through
Date: April 9th, 2002 04:02 am (UTC)From:doesn't yahoo scan?
Date: April 9th, 2002 06:00 am (UTC)From:We aren't blocked from any webmail, as far as I know -- certainly I'm not blocked from my Yahoo! mail, and nor are others blocked from Hotmail here.
Re: doesn't yahoo scan?
Date: April 9th, 2002 06:25 am (UTC)From: