Online gaming

[cwaalen]

Is there a security threat to a local network if users on LAN are playing games online. ALOT.

 

[Xemus]

Besides the obvious bandwidth usage, there may be other considerations. Which games they are playing, what kind of security you have setup (firewall, router), In general, I wouldn't say that the games are a threat (assuming they are normal games, not freebie games from bad sites) but your LAN security is dependant on your vigilance.

 

[cwaalen]

Well, in the past few days I've been monitoring these users and they must be going to bad sites because they ended up getting 4 different trojan viruses on their PC. So i just disabled their internet access until further notice. I've warned them many times in the future that the internet is a tool for work not for play.

Thanks for your response.