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to: Glenn Meadows
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-04-23 14:30:20
subject: Re: Network security alert application?

From: "Robert Comer" 

That sounds pretty cool -- is such a system fairly expensive?

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:3ea6cf41{at}w3.nls.net...
> Have you considered (since you obviously can't remove the person from
> company, seems like good grounds for termination) using one of the
proximity
> logon systems?  Each employee has a badge that will only unlock the
machine
> if they are within 5-8 feet of the receiver.  Carmax has a system like
that.
> When the sales person moves away from the computer, it auto locks the
> desktop, and only when they move back into range again, does it unlock.  I
> believe that the card and logged on user must match or the computer won't
> activate.  If a different user walks up than was logged in, they get a
logon
> screen.  Multiple sales people can be logged in, working with different
> customers.  So, when they come back from a test drive, they can just walk
up
> to the system that they were on, and their last point of reference
> re-appears.
>
> Sounds like it would be easier to replace the employee though.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3ea6c49e{at}w3.nls.net...
> > You can turn on auditing of files and such and have that sent to you as
a
> > message I believe but I don't know how you are going to tell when it's
him
> > if he is using other peoples machines and logins.
> >
> > You could setup a login script to set the screensaver to blank and
locked
> > after 5 minutes of inactivity, that might at least prove annoying to
him.
> > (and everyone else)
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Richard B."  wrote in message
> > news:41edav0064d07msp9m1dkp44qud3jq3t3u{at}4ax.com...
> > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:40:23 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote:
> > >
> > > >You run a domain? Just limit the user's ID to a specific machine,
then
> he
> > > >can't logon anywhere else.
> > >
> > > I've done that. He'll go to a machine that's been left unattended,
> > > already logged in with the other person's password. I fixed the latter
> > > but I can't prevent him from doing the former, especially if I'm not
> > > here. He doesn't have file permissions to get to certain areas with
> > > his password, so he was using the admin's machine to do that.
> > >
> > > I could set up a filter with the old St. Bernard software to alert me
> > > to about any event I wanted, file access, app use, time of use, pretty
> > > much anything.
> > >
> > > - Richard
> >
> >
>
>

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