Actually, I disagree slightly with what you have said here. This is a real technical problem when programs like MSN Messenger have been found to have vulnerabilities within them that can allow the exploitation of malicious code. Last week when chatting with a fellow network admin across MSN, I received a link from him that, if I had clicked on it would have taken me to a site with questionable material. The URL (when translated to English) would have targeted a Spanish porn site. Who knows what code may have been lying on the page waiting for an HTTP request? This was obviously an attack exploiting MSN because I received the same URL at the exact same time from another individual at that same company.
Fortunately, if any of my users would have received something similar, my firewall and content filtering would have denied access to the page. But suppose you do not have these tools in place to protect against users who are not so savvy? This goes beyond just a social problem. Anyway, those are just my two shinny pennies on the subject you brought forth. :-) Enjoy, Bejon -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Guidry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Best means to block MSN Messenger, AIM and other chat programs? Thank you! --- KEN MORRIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we will stopping them from downloading > the program Just out of curiosity, how do you plan on doing this? It seems to me that doing this may as difficult as blocking the program (as in your original question). I think that setting a company policy prohibiting the installation of these programs is the way to go. At its core, this is a social problem and not a technological one. Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
