RE: Security Fears Prod Many Firms To Limit Staff Use of WebS ervices

[dparis () w3works com]

I can see it for certain divisions within GE.  They're a gigantic
corporation with Financial Services, Government Services, etc.  Within
those divisions, the conservativism (IMHO) would be prudent.

Best~
-dsp


> Actually, I was only half-kidding.
>
> For several of our client networks, we use a couple of transparent
> web-proxies which automagically block certain types of URL's (e.g.
> adult, advertisements), but is pretty liberal on most content.
>
> I can certainly see where a business such as a _bank_ might wish to
> be a bit more conservative in it's filtering policies, given the
> risk involved. :-)
>
> But GE?  ;-)
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