Computer Security Question

[JdFlex]

Let's say I send emails from a yahoo or hushmail account from my work computer. One of the tech guys here was saying that because it goes through the company's internet proxy server, they can read any of the emails. I told him hushmail is encrypted so how could they read it. He said it would be more difficult to read it but its possible for the system admin to read it. What do you guys think?

[dirtdawg]

Let's say I send emails from a yahoo or hushmail account from my work computer. One of the tech guys here was saying that because it goes through the company's internet proxy server, they can read any of the emails. I told him hushmail is encrypted so how could they read it. He said it would be more difficult to read it but its possible for the system admin to read it. What do you guys think?

sorry bro, i got lost at proxy server?

[DevilsDeity]

i know in the log files your password for yahoo is sent in plain text

so theres nothing stopping them from logging in as you to your email account.

[TheMudMan]

Let's say I send emails from a yahoo or hushmail account from my work computer. One of the tech guys here was saying that because it goes through the company's internet proxy server, they can read any of the emails. I told him hushmail is encrypted so how could they read it. He said it would be more difficult to read it but its possible for the system admin to read it. What do you guys think?

He would not be able to read the hushmail email....... for him to do that he would have to have the security key.......... besides hush the only other group to have that key would be the goverment.

[Panzerfaust]

He will most definately have your logs, so i would not send anything inappropraite from work.

I got canned last October and they showed me the logs and guess what they read?

www.steroid.com


It logs the times you were on etc... they laid it all out for me to see, i am a Networking student so it was'nt like i did'nt know they could do it.