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I have convinced them to allow me to work from home - in Oz. Part of the conditions are that the laptop has no external email or internet connections, everything via the companies VPN. So no more CP, no more cut and paste.
Damn Richard I'm going to have to type your responses into my apps now. And no there will be no effort made to circumvent the edict, I won't jeopordisse the opportunity.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My employer banned SAAS sites a few months ago, so no CP. 
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Or browse CP on your own device, then cut'n'paste onto a USB stick.
That would be quicker and more accurate that manual typing.
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Not a chance, no one has USB access, blue tooth is also disabled and the laptop is encrypted as well.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Email it to your work address?
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That will work as attachments are not allowed from external sources so the C&P of text will work.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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No serial port on your laptop?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Seriously? A serial port? When was the last time you saw a serial port on a laptop?
I don't understand why y'all are so interested in helping him circumvent the rules established by his employer.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I have no idea if there is a serial port and will not even look for one, circumventing the policies is not even going to be attempted.
I was severely chastised a decade ago when I tunnelled out through their firewall - IT was not impressed, there will be no second warning!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My reply wasn’t aimed at you. It as waited at the folks suggesting ways around your restrictions. I’m in the same boat as you - I have to deal with bullsh|t DoD crap that keeps me from doing my job, and I occasionally come here to complain about it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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My restrictions are nowhere near as tough as you work with, mainly because by job is purely development, no SSIS, reports or that QV crap. Working offsite is going to be a pleasure despite the added restrictions. Last week of full time work for me 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I have to deal with bullsh|t DoD crap that keeps me from doing my job, and I occasionally come here to complain about it.
And if you suffer, everyone has to obey the rules and suffer with you? 
There is no bullshit accepted here, especially if it keeps you from doing a job.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The rules are there to protect the network and infrastructure. If one wants to keep his job, one follows the rules.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Oh, dear.
I am a specialist, my boss is a manager. I am hired because of my knowledge, and no-one is infallible. Sometimes rules are plain wrong, or the customer makes a decision that is going to cost more than it will ever return.
No respect for people who hide behind the rules, even if it is one of the rules that I enforce; no queries that aren't parameterized. Still, if you're too dumb to understand the rule, then it may be better if you follow my lead blindly as you are used to 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I'm not saying the rules are not sometimes wrong, I'm just saying it's their stuff, so they make the rules, and to remain employed, we have to follow the employers rules regarding the use of their stuff. If at any point you decide that the rules are too onerous to work within, you're welcomed to seek employment elsewhere.
I followed the rules until they got tired of me following them, and they gave me increased privileges. Sometimes following the rules works out in your favor. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: and to remain employed, we have to follow the employers rules regarding the use of their stuff
I was not strictly speaking "stuff", but also coding-guidelines and the stuff. Any stuff that ain't mine is probably going to be expensive.
Doing (or not doing) something purely because you don't want to get fired is not a very great motivation.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I followed the rules until they got tired of me following them, and they gave me increased privileges.
Meaning the rules there are "made up" and do not add much value. It is like traffic; we don't have rules simply to have rules; we have rules to make it safe and efficient. Sometimes that means breaking the damn law to save a life.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: was not strictly speaking "stuff",
Yeah but JSOP is and I was, the original post is about network security not coding guidelines. You are not hired to secure the network (I presume) so you should be conforming to the rules laid down by the people who were hired to do that job.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Yeah but JSOP is and I was, the original post is about network security not coding guidelines.
Yup.
Mycroft Holmes wrote: You are not hired to secure the network (I presume)
Nope.
Mycroft Holmes wrote: so you should be conforming to the rules laid down by the people who were hired to do that job.
No, I'd be adhering to the rules of the network-admin that they hired
He/she is the one that gets burned if anything goes amis, so he/she makes the rules; not human resources, and not the manager that hired me.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: we have to follow the employers rules regarding the use of their stuff
Yeah, but sometimes the rules are really dumb.
All of our machines at work have McAfee Endpoint Encryption installed, which means that every time you insert a Flash drive in a USB port, it prompts you to encrypt it. If you elect to do so, it effectively bricks the drive (you can't use it anywhere else). In my group's case, the point of using a Flash drive is to transfer data between machines that aren't connected network-wise. Since I'm constantly copying stuff to/from lab machines that aren't networked, that prompt is a first-order annoyance.
I wrote a little Windows application that runs in the background. It wakes up once a second, and if it sees the encryption prompt, it quietly reaches out and clicks the "No" button. No muss, no fuss.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: It wakes up once a second, and if it sees the encryption prompt, it quietly reaches out and clicks the "No" button. No muss, no fuss.
That is not breaking the rule just proving that you are lazy and have the brains to get rid of the irritant while conforming to the rules.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: you are lazy
Got it in one.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Your employer has trust issues...
And it makes no sense at all because if you wanted to do harm an external internet connection would be the least of their problems.
My previous employer was like that and it really doesn't make you feel like a valued employee...
So I decided to quit after about four months (unfortunately, I was a contract employee and I had to finish the project, so ultimately I sat their for seven months).
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I have convinced them to allow me to work from home - in Oz. Part of the conditions are that the laptop has no external email or internet connections, everything via the companies VPN. So no more CP, no more cut and paste.
They should block MSDN too, and all auto-update sources. You know, just to be sure.
So you now have two laptops on your desk side-by-side? On for "work", and one where CP is active and the work gets done?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: They should block MSDN too, and all auto-update sources
They do!
Actually the work laptop will live evict the old desktop which is going to end up a print/db server
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I was just joking, I didn't realize some moron actually did that
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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