Internet Server logs

[Phazer21]

I have a tech question to any friendly network engineer out there...

My employer doesn’t like us playing Winamp Internet rock radio during work hours but they have me in cave here (basement) so I can’t get regular NYC radio (which sucks anyway).

If I do sneak a live stream here and there, does it show up on the Internet log on the company’s servers (Windows 2000 domain / LAN / T1 / 20+ users)? If it does, what kind of information does it show? My IP address? The radio station’s IP address? Hours logged-on?

Would appreciate any info...

Thx

[drewbar]

Depends on how much they log and care. They are capable of knowing your IP and the station IP as well as how long you listened. Hell, if they wanted to they could record the stream too. When it comes to corporate networks basically anything that is received to YOUR computer they can have copies of.

Ask your IT department if you are allowed to listen to streaming radio. If they say no, try groveling.

[Phazer21]

Ouch! Damn!

Does that apply to web-based email as well?

Could you tell me where the logs are recorded and stored on the server(s)?

I’m getting freaked out here...

[drewbar]

Usually web-based e-mail uses secure SSL connections (https). Those are encrypted between your system and the server. So they can tell you were connected to a webmail provider but they can't read what you sent or read.

Now logging is a different question. They may log everything. They may log nothing. They may log everything in-between. Everything I said is possible, the question is if they do or not. Also, what they use to do so. So I can't say where the logs are stored.

[javajunky]

*If* you've an external machine, and *if* You've enough up-stream bandwidth to handle it, you could tunnel a stream to your desk at work from your external machine over SSH. They would only be able to see that you have a lot of SSH traffic, not be able to tell *what* exactly yuou're doing