Detecting multihomed computers

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karldavidson

Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to read my problem.

We have one floor of our building which people have been plugging in
USB network adapters, and connecting thier own duct taped together
network. It is against our policy to allow other networks to mingle
with our own. We do not want to lock down the rights of the local
workstations.

What we thought may be a solution is to have their login or logoff
script detect if more than one ip address is assigned, or more than one
network adapter is installed, and send an alert.

Thank You
 
Do these people have "bosses"? This is a human problem, not a technical
problem. The solution is personel management not computer management.
 
Agreed.

But -- you probably need to have a written policy in place prohibiting such
behavior before you begin any enforcement activities. Do you have such a
thing? If so, then it's time to make the hard choice. Reprimand them for
their actions, and if the behavior doesn't change, fire them. They are putting
your information assets at risk.

Steve Riley
(e-mail address removed)
 
We do have a policy in place. The people doing this are on a floor in
which IT has limited access, so scripting a solution would be a great
solution. We are worried that their activities will compromise our
network. Will someone be fired? I doubt it considering that they are
just following. Its long and complicated... But yea if there was a
way of being notified if a machine has two IP addresses that would be
very usefull.
 
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