Steve Philp wrote:
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > BTW, a neat trick I picked up from a budding "cracker" at work: (I chastised
> > > him severely for the action, but you gotta love his spirit!)
> > >
> > > We completely lock down the factory floor workstations running
> > > Win95 using a product called WinLock95. There's nothing runnable
> > > on that machine outside the data entry application they need and
> > > IE4 for their quality manuals. I felt pretty comfortable with
> > > the situation.
> > >
> > > Wrong! IE gives you the ability to browse the network by just
> > > punching in the domain (e.g. \\GRAND_RAPIDS). Surf to your
> > > hearts content. Read whatever you'd like. BAH!!!
> >
> > Guess i shouldn't tell you you can excecute things from the address bar
> > also. huh
>
> Well known. The other "fun trick" for these guys is playing with the
> clock. It seems there's no way to _display_ the clock without also
> allowing the ability to modify the system time on Win95/8. We caught it
> when we suddenly had around 600 units of inventory with an aging date of
> -31 days.
>
> Remind me again why I love this job? :)
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try leaving access to the system clock alone and inform them that their time cards
and payroll checks are tied into it. It's amazing how people leave things alone when
they believe any discrepancy in the date/time will effect their paychecks. (kind of
like installing a non-working smoke detectors in the bathrooms here at work to
discourage "smoking in the boys room", they're not real bright around these parts)
--
Joseph S. Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
