RE: related but still OT (Re: Download of Outlook98

Since the network administrator can view anything on the network she/he
wishes to (unless you have NT or UNIX OS and you have edited the policies so
that only you can get into it...which is complicated and most people don't
know how to set this up), this question really doesn't matter in regards to
a networked environment.  I would have concerns if it was a problem that
allowed the "world" to see your entire hard drive when you were networked to
the Internet, but that is not the case.

BTW, just for general information:

Windows 95/98 is NOT secure in any shape, fashion, or sense.  Anyone who
knows what they are doing can hack into your computer both from sitting down
in front of it and from connecting to it through a Microsoft or Novell
Network.  If you want security, use Windows NT or UNIX as your OS, and for
NT, buy the book "Windows NT Secrets" and learn how to disable all of the
available entries, save your own.  UNIX is more difficult to work with, but
is more secure and more stable than NT.

As for your email being secure, if you are connecting to an Exchange Server,
a Lotus Notes Server, etc., etc. in a networked environment, then the
administrators for the email can see all of your mail, as well.

Hope this clears up some items, and warns all of you to keep your personal
email <ahem> personal (most ISPs don't have the time to watch 100,000 emails
a day), and use your business email for business only.

Cheers,
Suzanne

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-software(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-software(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Ray S. Whiting
Sent: Friday, November 06, 1998 8:12 AM
To: hwg-software(at)hwg.org
Subject: related but still OT (Re: Download of Outlook98


regarding Outlook 98... it's the standard here at the univeristy where I
work.
I was just informed that when Outlook98 is running in a networked
environment,
it attaches to the network server in a way that allows the network
administrator to view your local hard drive and its contents.  Does anyone
know
about that?

Mark Stradling wrote:

> I don't know how things work over there in the US (assuming thats where
you
> are Nicholas) but here in the UK you will normally find stuff like Outlook
> 98 on computer and especially Internet magazine cover CD's
>
> ----------
> > From: Nicholas Coday <codayn(at)email.uah.edu>
> > To: hwg-software(at)hwg.org
> > Subject: Download of Outlook98
> > Date: 06 November 1998 04:17
> >
> > Has someone downloaded the Outlook 98 file from Microsoft's site?? I
> really
> > want it, but
> > with my slow internet connection, it would take forever to download it.
> If
> > you could send me
> > a CD with Outlook 98, I will work out some legal compensation for ya! I
> can
> > prove I have a
> > legal right to this program, juts dont want to spend the time
downloading
> > it.
> > Nicholas
> > **************************************************************
> > "When the children cry
> > Let them know we tried
> > Cause when the children sing
> > Then the new world begins"
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >                      -White Lion: Pride
> > ***************************************************************

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Ray Whiting
rwhiting(at)bellsouth.net
http://www.thewhitingpage.com/

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