No more gaming at work

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=5160

 

[Datura]

Cyberslackers have to get batteries for that old Donkey Kong.

 

[AntiThesis]

Hmm... I think this could be tougher to keep going than they might think.

I wonder how intelligent their blocking will be... will they recognize signatures of files? Sizes? Or will gaming continue after a brief bit of typing?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Antithesis>rename fifa2007.exe hardwork.exe

Should be interesting to see how things develop

 

[BradDC]

damn, no more frozen bubble.

 

[Necuno]

easy fix.

bring preinstalled game to work copy and paste

or

virtual pc images

 

[w1z4rd]

"PC games are popular Christmas gifts and many people won’t think twice about installing them on their work PCs or laptops. Many games are easily accessed and easy to hide, meaning some employees will spend a lot of their working day playing games," says Brett Myroff, CEO of Sophos master distributor, NetXactics.

According to Sophos: “System administrators have voiced their opinion loud and clear: they are fed up of workers installing unauthorized programs and cyberslacking.”

Silly people who slack off during christmas! Word dammit! How dare you think you can have any personal enjoyment!

My solution to this. Uninstall the antivirus.

 

[fivelza]

Silly people who slack off during christmas! Word dammit! How dare you think you can have any personal enjoyment!

My solution to this. Uninstall the antivirus.

Does viewing and posting on myadsl.co.za count as slacking off

 

[bwana]

According to Sophos: “System administrators have voiced their opinion loud and clear: they are fed up of workers installing unauthorized programs and cyberslacking.”

I can fully understand the annoyance of ppl installing unauthorised apps but but do system administrators really care about cyberslacking?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Wonder what Gru'lll say about this...

Being a BOFH you can control what's installed on your PC - Sophos is soooo out on mine, but will be installed on my luser's PC's

Will Minesweeper, Solitaire et al also be blocked?

 

[Nokkie]

funny they didn't mention EA's Bf2

 

[nthdimension]

Darn that means they'll have to go back to traditional slacking.

 

[lilDeath]

I am sorry, but you can do what you want and TRY and play that game here...

but

you WILL be DENIED.

IF file recognition don't catch you, port blocking will
if port blocking don't catch you, the proxy will (when trying http)
if the proxy don't catch you, the IPS will
if IPS dont block you, the IDS will
and if we still letting you through, just when you think you f00led them BOFH (cause now they just toying with you ), the firewall will nail yo ASS

 

[R4tt3xx]

Yawn, it's so simple, if you don't want people playing games on office systems, shutdown DIRECTX.. Without that common component no game will work.

"According to Sophos: “System administrators have voiced their opinion loud and clear: they are fed up of workers installing unauthorized programs and cyberslacking.”"

Lets see now, deny access to external optical/flash devices for domain users, shutdown the installer service for those users.

Please I don't need an external application to deny access to "office gaming".

 

[Nokkie]

i can still play games at work my boss knows i do

 

[lilDeath]

Yawn, it's so simple, if you don't want people playing games on office systems, shutdown DIRECTX.. Without that common component no game will work.

"According to Sophos: “System administrators have voiced their opinion loud and clear: they are fed up of workers installing unauthorized programs and cyberslacking.”"

Lets see now, deny access to external optical/flash devices for domain users, shutdown the installer service for those users.

Please I don't need an external application to deny access to "office gaming".

Rof en onbeskof, I like it.
From an IT-focused company's perspective, guess you don't want your workforce to be too productive heh?