Of course it your own company's prerogative to determine what is in its own best interests. I presented an argument against; the arguments for are obvious. My employer, which has fairly enlightened IT policies allows Out Of Office to the Internet. Therefore, I personally do not use it!
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allison M. Wittstock Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:21 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: OOO to internet, still bad? Sure. I'm not absolutley convinced, but I will let this die. My users still want to use the OOO's even after I explain about more Spam and the annoyance/inconvenience to the customers, so I can't see them suddenly not using them because of a 1 in a million chance of a social engineering/security problem. Thanks for the opinions. AW On Thursday 06 March 2003 03:06 pm, you wrote: > One can prove that OOO information has been used in social engineering > hacks though, so doesn't that make the point moot? > > On 3/6/03 6:27, "Allison M. Wittstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But in that case, it is well known that thousand and thousands of > > websites have been hacked in the past, so it makes sense to patch > > the systems. > > With > > > the OOO and burglary argument, no one has proven that it has ever > > occured. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
