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On Wed, February 5, 2014 07:21, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 05/02/2014 01:27, walt wrote: |
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>> Being the only user of this machine, I could work up some outrage over |
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>> this |
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>> new PITA -- but I've decided not to be outraged. I pretend to be a |
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>> sysadmin |
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>> and imagine how I would feel if an arbitrary user demanded the ability |
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>> to |
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>> plug any arbitrary USB stick into his corporate workstation. |
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>> Well, I'm not a corporate sysadmin, and never will be, but I think I'd |
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>> be |
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>> reluctant to let him do it. |
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>> |
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>> Any official sysadmins out there have an infallible opinion to offer? |
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> I am a corporate sysadmin, and resisting that one is a waste of time. |
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> "bring your own device" is all the current rage in corporate speak. |
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> So it's The user's whole computer plus nothing of mine on the network |
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> versus the users own USB stick plus the computer of mine on the network. |
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> No brainer. |
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It's this "BYOD" thing why VLANs and multiple SSIDs are becoming more |
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popular. |
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Put all those BYODs on a seperate VLAN with limited access to the |
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corporate infrastructure and you can still ensure the security of your own |
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hardware. |
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