Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:56:26 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tools to find "unlegal" files ( videos , music etc ) Message-ID: <4E25EF7A.20804@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <201107191157.p6JBvwf0032763@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201107191157.p6JBvwf0032763@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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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".
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