Concur. Before taking any action, check the vendor agreements that you already have. SOME vendors use this as (the only) method for distribution of notifications, update dissemination,... You may be turning off something your business really needs.
Sumit Dhar wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I want to turn off HTTPS to prevent people on the network from shopping at > > various sites at work. Anyone know of any vulnerability in doing so? Will > > I kill something else that uses HTTPS that I haven't thought about? > > https is not used by JUST shopping sites. There are many other sites > that might be using https. (Yahoo mail, while logging you in, uses > https. Not sure, but I think Hotmail uses https. Hushmail relies > completely on https) > > So you will certainly be creating problems for your users if you do > that. > > Cheers, > <a href=http://dhar.homelinux.com/dhar/>Sumit Dhar</a> > Manager, Business Development and Products, > SLMsoft.com -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
