Then block flash usage. That will cover *most* of what you care about with the least amount of collateral damage.
However, continuing to use technology in this way will result in collateral damage. BTW, I'm not asking you to trust the users, but to get the organization to hold the managers accountable. What will happen, as Bob points out, when the majority of the users log little time on FB through your infrastructure, but spend hours playing Angry Birds via their cell phones? Will you install cameras at their desks? *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Technology Services that Maximize Business Results... * On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:24 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a fair point but we have the added fun of XenApp users where a few > people on one system spending all day playing Flash games can affect the > performance of the system for other users....we have performance management > agents that can throttle resources and bandwidth under various different > conditions but the problem is this will also get applied against legitimate > IE-based applications as well. I agree that it should be up to management to > manage their staff, but I'm only responding to what requests are made of us. > I knew this one was an almighty can of worms. :-) > > > On 1 April 2011 15:18, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree as well. >> >> >> >> Our policy is that a manager can request reporting on an individual’s >> internet usage, but the manager is responsible for deciding what abuse is. >> We do block some sites (pornographic, high bandwidth, etc), but for the most >> part, employees are free to use the web. It is not up to IT to decide what >> is “Too much”. I maintain the “no technical solution to a management >> problem” stance when it comes to Internet usage or abuse. If a manager asks >> to block an employee’s Internet access, then that manager has failed to >> address the problem. Additionally, these days, with all the Internet >> capable cell phones, it is almost impossible to restrict an employee from >> the Internet during work hours. If the employee wants to waste time, they >> are going to find a way to do it. >> >> >> >> BF >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, April 01, 2011 10:05 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Social networking fun >> >> >> >> Short answer: Not going to happen. This is a managerial issue. At best, >> you can report all users time against such sites, and for those who are >> failing to get their mission objectives completed in a timely fashion, >> correlation of their web usage patterns should provide some hints as to why. >> >> >> >> >> *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) >> *Technology Services that Maximize Business Results...** >> * >> * * >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:45 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> WebSense can do the hours bit too, but what I am looking for is to >> actually restrict or report on their particular access for single sites, >> e.g. using Facebook for work, or using Facebook for mucking about. Not sure >> you can sub-categorize sites. >> >> On 1 April 2011 14:40, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I use iPrism and I am pretty sure you can report on, and categorize, such >> sites in a fashion that would allow access during hours X through Y, etc. >> >> >> >> You can also make user defined site categories and put sites in those >> categories for reports or filtering. >> >> >> >> BF >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 01, 2011 8:08 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Social networking fun >> >> >> >> Does anyone know of any way to effectively police the use of social >> networking in an environment? We have just been told that for some reason >> all employees are to be allowed unrestricted access to social networking >> sites, but obviously the management want to know whether users are taking a >> lend, and spending all day on FarmVille or Bejewelled or looking at pictures >> of their mates instead of updating our customer base as to events and >> launches. There are a few Web 2.0 appliances that I have heard of that claim >> to be able to perform in-depth filtering of social networking and >> microblogging sites, but I was just wondering what other people who have had >> this issue may have deployed to get around this. >> >> >> We already have WebSense here, but it's not clever enough to differentiate >> between "business" and "leisure" usage of certain sites, at least certainly >> not the version we currently use. >> >> >> TIA, >> >> >> >> JRR >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
