Remote OFFICE Access Control from home

hoganrock SG

My friend wishes to access office files store in the network server online (internet) by searching with USERID and PASSWORD during the weekend when he is at home. How to do it? The office is using WINNT Server.

Thanks Rolling Eyes

blowfish SG

vpn

hoganrock SG

difficult? Rolling Eyes

R3SsH|n SG

your company got intranet?

hoganrock SG

no Rolling Eyes

R3SsH|n SG

then your technician got set up the vpn?

troublemaker2005 SG

There are usually a few tiers of access to company files or information.

The website of the company is accessible to all internet users with the supported web browser. It usually holds general information about the company and her prodcts and services. In addition, the supply chain had also come up with a convenient way for customer/ enquires to be made through websites that put up products/ part specifications/ data sheets or drawings offered by companies or the representatives of their products.

Most MNCs that have branches all over the globe have the Intranet service. It is just like the internet but can only be accessed by the MNCs and coporate branches alone. In it also in this network that the employees of the companies worldwide work and exchange work information. Coporate Licensed software like MRPs (SAP, Oracle etc), CAD (Pro-E, Solidworks/Edge/ ACAD etc) and other confidential info (Account records and Bill of Material) are installed and password managed by every section/ department.

Unless you are working for a certain government agencies/ statuary boards that allows some of the higher ranking officials/ managers to access the network from computers other than thase placed in their office if not it is virtually impossible for you to access your company files from home.

If you are have the correct hardware, software skills and knowledge you can hack (or rather 'crack'). If you have the clearance level you can gain access. Otherwise you can work at home and transfer your work to your office computing hardware the following day.

R3SsH|n SG

i translate for you...
if your company spend alot of money on your computer system...then most probably u can...if not...cannot...

troublemaker2005 SG

there are many barriers in the thread starter's case:-

if his/ her friend want to suka suka access the company files at home...he need the appropriate hardware/ software and knowhow/ skills and knowledge.

Hardware - he need a computer at home, he need to have the appropriate internet connection compatible to send/ receive (i.e to communicate) data to and from the computer and the company computers via cable..then service provider then satelite and back.

Software and Programmes - to work with a simple file like Office, make sure your copy at home is not pirated and is of the same/ compatible version or higher than the one installed in your company. MS word is easy but to work with Pro-E you need to have Pro-E installed in your home/ local computer too if your friend wanna work like at home at company like dat. you must have the software (in the form of binary codes/ password) to gain access to your company via an approved service provide and ensure security during data transfer to and fro.

knowhow/ skills and knowledge - you need to have basic understand of the hardware/ software mentioned above and go about doing what you wan to do i.e to work with freedom like what you do in the company. its easy for a person like myself who do not work in his friend's company to write about it here but its another thing to perform what he wishes in real time.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Using VPN is not difficult. But if you are talking about other means, then maybe. It depends on your company's admins configure the Windows NT server.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

If he is one of the higher ups, I'm not too sure.

But if he's any other normal employees, for his info, he will be breaking the law.

He, can at his own risk source out the hashed passwords stored at one of the servers, or crack the admins' passwords and gained root access to the Windows NT server, if that's the only server that your company has.

If there are more servers than this, he will have to cross department to get the user ids and passwords, to access the different files stored for different departments. Every department has their own access permissions and only those from that department can access it. Usually higher ups are able to view almost everything except editing it.

Ito_^ SG

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troublemaker2005 SG

in short i think what his friend need is authorization, permission and a good reason too.

hoganrock SG

he has authorization, permission and a good reason and he want to setup the system for his staffs Rolling Eyes

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Then there's no need to for knowing user ids and passwords. Unless he's been given the title of an administrator, he can pass this job to his department's administrator to do the job.

kaobeikaobu SG

windows nt...be prepared for a virtual exterminating blitz. Mad

troublemaker2005 SG

basically my company have their own IS department...when our senior staff have all the reasons, authorisation and approval the IS department takes over and do the rest. it will involve the affected staff if the IS department feel that they need to conduct taining/ briefing on the use for any changes to the system.

smaller companies (or companies without their own IS department)usually have their own computer systems set up by an external service vendor. your friend should seek proffessional advice from an external computer/ network service vendor. otherwise he can also try ITO's gotomypc.com.

if your friend's not with the company's IS department or the immediate department handling IS staff, its time he start communicating with one. if your frined's in the IS or related department he should know what to do in the first place.

hoganrock SG

will it costs a lot to setup? he's from the IT Department (small company), that means handling all the tasks setting up of remote access... Rolling Eyes

troublemaker2005 SG

Cost is just one thing besides a good reason to justify the action of the need for one or more or every employer in his company to have access to the company's network other than within the company premises and outside office hours.

If the setup requires a thrid party involvement in hardware installation/ modification or software upgrade/ add-ons, trust of the source is equally important.

Take a small company for example. I used to know one that have less than 50 employees. Basically they do not have an IT department. The admin/ HR/ Finance department handles all the liasion with an external networking provider. They watch over the overall network setup while the provider ensues maintenance to the system and trainings/ briefing on certain aspects of the system connetivity and usage. The details and scale of it are usually covered in the contract. Of course if mac or windows screw up the users can troubleshoot with their own knowledge but when it comes to connectivity problems or other major network issues the providers are called in.

Bigger companies like MNCs usually have their own IT dedpartment to handle this. The department will have experienced personel to handle problems and issues at networking level. system troubleshooting and computer/ hardware setups are usually done by the guys from within the department. Even if you have problem executing a function in windows or Mac, you can just call up the IT department externsion and they will help you out. However whatever modification or hardware not proposed/ authorized or owned by the company is prohibited for use within the premises as stated in part of the company's rules and regulation.

I am sure forumites her would like to know a little more about what your friend's company does and the scale of usuage intended for the remove access (like how many employees are afected by this change) before recommendations can be made/ suggested.

hoganrock SG

thanks.
Rolling Eyes