From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 21:33:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ABC110657AE for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bah@bananmonarki.se) Received: from feeder.usenet4all.se (1-1-1-38a.far.sth.bostream.se [82.182.32.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01FD8FC08 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kw.homeip.net (c80-217-64-49.bredband.comhem.se [80.217.64.49]) by feeder.usenet4all.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p6JKuQMc063319; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:56:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bah@bananmonarki.se) Message-ID: <4E25EF7A.20804@bananmonarki.se> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:56:26 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; sv-SE; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110508 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Bonomi References: <201107191157.p6JBvwf0032763@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <201107191157.p6JBvwf0032763@mail.r-bonomi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tools to find "unlegal" files ( videos , music etc ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:33:44 -0000 2011-07-19 13:57, Robert Bonomi skrev: > > "male bovine excrement" applies. Only in your jurisdiction. > Oh my. making back-ups is unlawful. Yes > I guarantee you that _I_, as a system administrator, don't need a court > order to do such things. And, if you claim otherwise, you better be > prepared to cite the statues that prohibit it. You do need a court order. Otherwise you break the law, and the law won. > This is a corporate environment, it is in the terms of employment that > company computers are for "business use only", that anything on the > machines is 'work done for hire', and thus property of the company. > >>>> You may want to look for files that are unusually large. >>>> They could possibly be ISOs, dvdrips, HD movie dumps... >>> >>> Not to forget encrypted RAR files (which btw. could contain anything, >>> including legitimate content, so be careful here). >>> >> >> It would be unlawful to try to brute force the files' password ;) > > The last I knew (admittedly a number of years ago), encryption was illegal > in France, EXCEPT where the encryption key is on file with the Government. > Many multi-national corporations made sure to route their 'secure' traffic > _around_ France for that specific reason. > > Find an encrypted file, and demand that the user show that the key is > on file with the gov't. *EVIL*GRIN* > >>> Better talk with your users and resolve the problem using >>> non-technical means. Inventive users WILL always outsmart any >>> technical solution that you implement: this is a race you absolutely >>> can't win. >> >> Head CP's advice Frank, you can't win this, for real. > > In a _corporate_ environment, it *is* an easily 'winnable' issue. > > It's =not= a technology 'arms race', it is a simple matter of 'personnel > management' and addressable on that basis. > > This does _not_ mean that 'technology' cannot serve a function in policy > enforcement -- it simply means that technology, _in_and_of_itself_ is > not "the solution".