[TriLUG] OT: tracking software.

[gregbrown at mindspring.com]

brandon said:
upgrade everyone to xp or better linux and then take away their rights to
install other software

Can't be done.  At least not yet.  I am stuck with the desktops they have 
in place at least until Q2 05.

brandon said;
...also put have your client put a policy in place that
any non-business related apps will result in getting fired.  

I am working on crafting this document now.

brandon said:
As far as the web surfing...put in squid and make people authenticate to the 
squid then you can run all kinds of reports showing what they have been 
surfing.  Before she can monitor any of these things legally they must make 
everyone sign some type of policy that states that they can monitor everything 
employees do, otherwise they are could get sued for evation of privacy.

Are you sure about that?  I have to check with my attorney but I was fairly 
certain that, at least for web surfing, the Intenet connection is a company 
resource and usage of that resource can be controlled by the company.  As 
far as desktops I was also under the impression that since these were company 
resources there was no "right to privacy" on a device which was not owned by 
the user.  I was under the impression that most of the documents you are made 
to sign were just "double-plus CYA" types of things.

I like the authenticated squid server, though.