but should devs have privileges over non devs? id be a little upset with that. Where i work, there are some restricted URL's, but devs are free to install whatever OS - but we have to manage them on our own. Those who install windows have to be in the domain and install AV (and causes build time to explode). Aside from pirated softwares, there are no restrictions on software installation.
Ive seen companies that go as far as locking USB ports in order to prevent pendrive usage. Also, internet was extremely restricted. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:54 PM, josef newton <josef.new...@gmail.com> wrote: > A few of these are reasonable. Most are ridiculous. > What they are doing is instilling a blanket policy across all > employees, no matter the job function. They are treating you like a > call center employee. You are a software developer (I assume), you > shouldn't be treated like a dumbass. And fact is, if your are a > software dev - you probably know enough to easily bypass most/all of > these measures anyway. > > Banning IM and Skype are silly. Do they ban cell phones/SMS? Same > thing really. > > software tracking? Fairly standard, prevents piracy. this makes > sense actually. > > Virus checking is important for windows, no prob there - although they > should let devs configure exclude dirs. Virus checkers can KILL a > windows box! And they are just asking devs to hack their machines and > turn it completely off (I bet many do). > > iTunes banned? Eh? Why? > > Encrypted harddrives? Sounds like a clueless exec paranoid about IP. > Almost no code IP is worth anything to an outsider. Seriously, who is > going to bother to try and figure out a competitor's code-base? > Sounds like a huge PITA to me. For a CFO/CEO, I can understand > wanting to have an encrypted HD. BTW, the overhead of encryption on a > dev machine is very high. > > Manual proxies are a sign of an incompetent IT dept. Who in this day > still makes people manually configure a proxy? What a pain - many > apps don't use IE's system settings so you are in a constant config > battle if you are on/off the corporate network. > > No SAAS? heh. just old school thinking..... I think it's silly > almost every corp still uses in-house Email. Fact is Gmail rocks and > is much more reliable, spam/virus free than any in-house managed > email. > > Legal reasons? I'm no lawyer... maybe there are laws out there... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 27, 1:24 pm, "phil.swen...@gmail.com" <phil.swen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am curious... I work for a large software vendor and our policies > > are: > > > > -windows only (XP) > > -outside IM is banned (we have internal jabber server) > > -mandatory software that tracks every piece of software installed on > > your machine > > -manual proxy that tracks every outgoing web url (no banned urls tho) > > -skype is strictly forbidden > > -no use of SaaS software for company information > > -virus checker on every machine, including servers (kills performance > > on builds) > > -encrypted harddrives > > -itunes is banned > > -VPN policy forces all traffic to be routed over internet > > > > The reasons behind this are supposedly that the company must track all > > information for legal purposes. > > > > So I'm curious - do companies like Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel > > have policies like this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- http://mapsdev.blogspot.com/ Marcelo Takeshi Fukushima -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
