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