At my _former_ position, this attachment-opening fetish was truly rampant, so much so
that I made it a part of the AUP I made all users sign. We actually did use it as a
factor in evaluations, and more than one orker was disciplined and one terminated for
repeat offenses. I justified it by documenting how much it really cost to clean up
after this nonsense (my time, my assissant's time, time for yelling, bandwidth, etc.)
It never really stopped the behavior, though. Some people just have to push the shiny
button. Even if they are warned ahead of time NOT TO DO IT. Think Stimpy and the
History Eraser.
Neal Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AdServer.com
781-929-6157
Jerry Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My employer has limited Email message length to 10KB (the size of theattachment is
>reported to be 13-14KB).
I find it astonishing that the large corporations, and especially the
computer corporations, keep getting hit so hard by these things. What part
of "don't open attachments" is so hard to understand?
Maybe it's time to include negligent propagation of computer viruses/worms
on employee performance reviews?
Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: let's torture and kill virus writers
I hate to "lift the corporate skirts", but there were posters on
the doors coming in this morning warning us about it.
We got nailed by a different VBS script attack a couple of weeks
ago. I can be smug and say that it didn't affect my AlphaStation 250
running Tru64 UNIX, but it makes me feel like I'm the only one
driving a Sherman Tank down an Interstate at rush hour: I'm safe,
but I *know* others are being badly hurt and it's not pretty.
I agree with Keith, but my specific implementation suggestions
can't be put in print...
Bayard
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bayard R. Coolidge N1HO DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are
Compaq Computer Corp. solely those of the author, and not
Nashua, New Hampshire, USA those of Compaq Computer Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (DEC '77-'98) or any other entity.
"Brake for Moose - It can save your life" - N.H. Fish & Game Dept.
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GCS/CC d+ s:+ a+ C+++$ UO++$L++>$ P L++>$ E-@ W+ N++ o- K? w--- O? M?
V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t++ 5? X? R* tv b++ DI+++ D? G e++ h+ r-- y--
-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
**********************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
*body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
unsubscribe gnhlug
**********************************************************
**********************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
*body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
unsubscribe gnhlug
**********************************************************
**********************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
*body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
unsubscribe gnhlug
**********************************************************
