[techtalk] Sick of surf and porn addicts

[Mark Foster]

Hey Liese,

I have the same responsibility in my company, although my situation is only 
1/10 the size.
My attitude at this point is that im not going to restrict browsing.
I do however have a running tail on the squid  log.

Get each user to read, and sign, a computer usage agreement contract.  This 
says that work facilities will only be used for work purposes, and though 
reasonable allowances will be made, downloading of objectionable material 
is strictly prohibited and suitable warnings, followed by dismissal, will 
be the result of a breach of this contract.

(a possiblity also includes suspension of internet access; if this makes 
the users job impossible to perform, thats a fairly good motivator to not 
break the rules / risk being sacked for inability to complete their jobs).

I have Static IP's assigned to machines. Each machine is used by only one 
person.  Im able to track by IP/Reverse DNS, whos doing what at any given 
time. If i see a dodgy site, I can extract the log and take it to them, via 
the MD.

Theyll quickly shape up, or be sacked for breaching company policy.

Mark.
:o)



At 12:58 25/05/2001 +0200, Liese wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This question is not really linux related but i'm getting desperate.
>There are about 300 users in the company where i work. Our website is 
>running on a local system, using suse, apache and mysql. Last year we had 
>to upgrade our line to the outside world, not because the incoming traffic 
>(to the website) was too big but because the outgoing traffic was clogging 
>the line.
>One year later (today) we have the same problem again. We use a proxy 
>server (squid) and only give internet access to those who really need it 
>(and only with permition from their manager) but it seems like everybody 
>really really needs it (duuh!).
>And just giving access to the requested sites isnt possible either or i 
>would have a fulltime job entering sites in squid.
>Once a month I check our proxy logs to close down all non-work-related 
>sites but ...
>Its hopeless.. A month later the stats are filled again with different 
>porn sites.
>
>And thats just http. Include email in the picture and it will become 
>apparent how desperate i really am.. The shit that is send by email is 
>unbelievable. Porn, jokes, virusses, hoaxes, ...
>
>We send mails, put up notices, warn people, ask people, beg people but 
>nothing helps.
>
>And we are not allowed to step up to a user and say "hey, our logs show 
>that last month you've been surfing porn sites for over 20 hours, you must 
>stop this", or "We've noticed you have about 100MB of pornography 
>attachments on your drive, you are wasting important bandwidth". This is 
>against the law because it is a violation of privacy ( i live in 
>belgium/europe)
>
>Is there anybody who has been in the same position and found a way to 
>control it better, the legal way.. I could press charges, saying that i - 
>as a woman - feel sexualy offended by some of the things i come across 
>when fixing some of the computerproblems. But I'm afraid of the 
>consequences, there should be another way, without making it a personal 
>vendetta.
>
>
>Thanx,
>Liese..
>
>
>De Vos Liese
>NT Domain Administrator
>mailto:liese at pandora.be
>
>
>
>
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