Hi All

Does anyone know of a way that I can prevent my users from right clicking on
their home folders then on properities and then advance to compress their
data?

wayne

Do you perceive a security risk by allowing users to compress files?

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Steve Riley
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"WMB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi All
>
> Does anyone know of a way that I can prevent my users from right clicking
> on their home folders then on properities and then advance to compress
> their data?
>
> wayne

Point taken

wayne
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> Do you perceive a security risk by allowing users to compress files?
>
> --
> Steve Riley
> (E-Mail Removed)
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
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>
> "WMB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Hi All
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way that I can prevent my users from right clicking
>> on their home folders then on properities and then advance to compress
>> their data?
>>
>> wayne
>

Heh, it's my habit to ask questions like this

Stick around security folks long enough and you'll hear reference to "the
principle of least privilege." Users/computers/processes should have only
the necessary privileges to complete their work. This is a time-honored
notion.

A corollary is "the principle of minimal security." It can be very easy to
apply too many security controls to something. The temptation to enable some
security setting just because it's there is often very great. It's at times
like these where one should step back, evaluate risks and consider threats,
and then decide if it really makes sense to enable the setting. And in many
cases, it doesn't.

To the question, "How much security do you need?" the answer is, "Just
enough." The difficult part, of course, is determining what "just enough" is
for you. Security configuration guides can help, but ultimately only you can
answer the question.

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Steve Riley
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http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com


"WMB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Point taken
>
> wayne
> "Steve Riley [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:833FAE00-869D-4ED1-913F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Do you perceive a security risk by allowing users to compress files?
>>
>> --
>> Steve Riley
>> (E-Mail Removed)
>> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
>> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>>
>>
>> "WMB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a way that I can prevent my users from right
>>> clicking on their home folders then on properities and then advance to
>>> compress their data?
>>>
>>> wayne
>>
>