Hackers are not allowed to hack.
Sep. 9th, 2010 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izardI wonder what does IT policy to ban access to certain web sites I occasionally need for work brings to my employer?
E.g. ollydbg, www.phrack.org. www.wireshark.org was only recently also banned but now it's ok. The official reason: they may be used for hacking. But exactly, that's what I do at work! Hacking fits very well within my job description. This ban is a minor annoyance any way - I can use my personal internet connection to download a tool, code snippet or article from sites mentioned above. It just takes more time and makes my work less effective. But just by tiny bit, so bringing this issue up and eventually resolving it would take more time than it will save.
Any way, if someone from within corporate network wants e.g. to read an article about how better to replace an interrupt handler in windows kernel with your code (something malware does, so malware relates sites explain technique in the best possible details), then the person knows what he is doing and there is a valid business reason.
E.g. ollydbg, www.phrack.org. www.wireshark.org was only recently also banned but now it's ok. The official reason: they may be used for hacking. But exactly, that's what I do at work! Hacking fits very well within my job description. This ban is a minor annoyance any way - I can use my personal internet connection to download a tool, code snippet or article from sites mentioned above. It just takes more time and makes my work less effective. But just by tiny bit, so bringing this issue up and eventually resolving it would take more time than it will save.
Any way, if someone from within corporate network wants e.g. to read an article about how better to replace an interrupt handler in windows kernel with your code (something malware does, so malware relates sites explain technique in the best possible details), then the person knows what he is doing and there is a valid business reason.
