Re: [Full-disclosure] Need some help with management

["Kurt Dillard" <kurtdillard@xxxxxxx>]

If your team isn't going to be managing this server who is? 

Ask him this: would it be ok for your penpal from Russia to bring his family 
over and move into your boss' spare bedroom for a few months until they find 
their own place? Come on, it will be fine, you've been trading emails with this 
guy for a couple of years now. He told you he has a job lined up over here so 
he won't be a financial burden or anything. His kids sound like fun too, your 
boss' family will love them!

You don't just want to try to shoot down the idea without having alternatives 
prepared. If all you do is try to negate business initiatives you'll find all 
of the managers trying to bypass you in the future. You need to be seen as a 
strategic enabler rather than a blocker. I suggest you determine what the 
business reasons are for this decision and then try to find a better solution 
that protects your organization's sensitive data and systems while addressing 
the original requirements. Do they want to share data with a key partner? Do 
they want to outsource some work? What purpose will the system serve?

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[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Schmehl
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Need some help with management

--On Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:51:01 -0700 Daniel Sichel 
<daniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> My management here wants to put a server on our LAN, not administered by us
> (the IT department) and use a share on it to serve files and data to our
> workstations.  They do not understand why having a server with a file share
> that is NOT part of our secure infrastructure represents a threat to the
> computers accessing it. Keep in mind this is an all Windows network. Sooo, if
> you guys can succinctly explain why having a trusted computer trust an
> untrusted computer is a problem, that would be helpful. Keep in mind we are
> talking to management here. It’s kind of like trying to explain why, when
> you are in the United States, it’s a bad idea to drive on the left hand
> side of the road. It’s just so basic it’s not documented anywhere. So,
> please help me explain why netbios and file shares on machines not within
> your network are bad ideas.
>

OK.

So, Mr. PHB, why is it that your chauffeur stays with your limo when you're not 
there?  Because you don't want to trust your limo to just anybody?

:-)

-- 
Paul Schmehl
As if it wasn't already obvious,
my opinions are my own and not
those of my employer.

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