On Tuesday 12 March 2002 20:44, tony toni wrote: > off. Problem is management is getting in my way. What is your answers > to my questions? > > Tony > Security Project Lead > Major Financial Institution on West Coast
Your signature is your answer. :) If that is a major financial institution, you could be charged for astronomical damages. You can play around in a small company on a small network, but don't be fooled to put yourself into position to be the company brat. I suggest you get *written* permission from your manager, where is clearly stated - step by step - everything you're allowed to do with security scans. It is up to you to write this permission as precisely as possible, and then find a way to have your manager sign the document. After that is done, you're free like a bird and if something goes wrong (it shouldn't if you do just security scans, and you said you turned off dangerous plugins) it won't be your problem, and it will have to be fixed. But without that paper, the first serious network/computer problem that rises up will be your problem, regardles of who the originator really is. You could get fired because some administrator has done lousy job on configuration/security - it wasn't him but you who made the problem obvious. -- Radoslav Dejanovic Senior Associate to Mayor's Office City of Zagreb, Croatia
