Tech Question for you guys on secure internet connections?

Yes, you can still look at porn at home, but presumably not during work hours.

 

Just so I'm clear...

You have a desktop at home which is ethernet connected. You access your companies info through a VPN or something similar but want to check if your office will be able to see what you're browsing on your personal laptop that's connected through WiFi to the same internet connect that your work desktop is running off of?

No, I don't think so. While they can monitor what you do on the desktop, you can use your own internet and own hardware to do what you want with. I'm not even sure it's possible for them to see what's going on with the rest of the network with that setup.

 

As a network admin I'll answer this..

Hook to the office via the VPN, I can see your machine. Not your Network unless the VPN originates from the router and not the machine. Browse the internet across that VPN, I can track where you go. Follow work policies on access, you'll have no issues. Don't follow them and I'll have full logging of what you did to violate it at your meeting with HR before your exit interview.

If you're on a company owned machine it's the companies property and I legally have the right to track anything you do on it. It's company property and you have no expectation of privacy.

Trick is to disconnect from the VPN and only use your personal machines. Even if I could track you at that point what you do is your business. It gets a bit into a gray area if as a company I reimburse for that internet access.

 

Absolutely correct. sounds like you're golden.

 

Routers use normally NAT to separate different networks.