Hardware

Different user, different hotel.

Theory: We disable the Windows firewall in our environment. As long as the user sticks with our VPN client when he's out of the building, and uses VPN to access our proxy server, no problems. However, many users will disable the network settings in IE, allowing them to avoid the hassle of the VPN login, use the hotel's Internet connection, and hit those web sites blocked by the proxy server. Since they're now surfing without the company security, and the local Windows firewall is off, they're running naked and vulnerable.

Make sense to anybody else, or am I full of crud? If I'm making sense, I'd like to send out a warning against bypassing the VPN or changing the proxy server settings. Then we'll look at a group policy to prevent them from changing the settings.

And IE will hold the settings, so when they're done, all they have to do is go back in and select the proxy option.

Send your warning.

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The 15 August 07 update for Search and Destroy will remove this piece of crapola.