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Detecting multihomed computersHello,
Thanks for taking the time to read my problem. We have one floor of our building which people have been plugging in USB network adapters, and connecting thier own duct taped together network. It is against our policy to allow other networks to mingle with our own. We do not want to lock down the rights of the local workstations. What we thought may be a solution is to have their login or logoff script detect if more than one ip address is assigned, or more than one network adapter is installed, and send an alert. Thank You Do these people have "bosses"? This is a human problem, not a technical
problem. The solution is personel management not computer management. Show quote news:1108424816.631009.236700@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Hello, > > Thanks for taking the time to read my problem. > > We have one floor of our building which people have been plugging in > USB network adapters, and connecting thier own duct taped together > network. It is against our policy to allow other networks to mingle > with our own. We do not want to lock down the rights of the local > workstations. > > What we thought may be a solution is to have their login or logoff > script detect if more than one ip address is assigned, or more than one > network adapter is installed, and send an alert. > > Thank You > Agreed.
But -- you probably need to have a written policy in place prohibiting such behavior before you begin any enforcement activities. Do you have such a thing? If so, then it's time to make the hard choice. Reprimand them for their actions, and if the behavior doesn't change, fire them. They are putting your information assets at risk. Steve Riley steri***@microsoft.com Show quote > Do these people have "bosses"? This is a human problem, not a > technical problem. The solution is personel management not computer > management. > > <karldavid***@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1108424816.631009.236700@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >> Hello, >> >> Thanks for taking the time to read my problem. >> >> We have one floor of our building which people have been plugging in >> USB network adapters, and connecting thier own duct taped together >> network. It is against our policy to allow other networks to mingle >> with our own. We do not want to lock down the rights of the local >> workstations. >> >> What we thought may be a solution is to have their login or logoff >> script detect if more than one ip address is assigned, or more than >> one network adapter is installed, and send an alert. >> >> Thank You >> We do have a policy in place. The people doing this are on a floor in
which IT has limited access, so scripting a solution would be a great solution. We are worried that their activities will compromise our network. Will someone be fired? I doubt it considering that they are just following. Its long and complicated... But yea if there was a way of being notified if a machine has two IP addresses that would be very usefull.  |
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