Need they ever know if you do NAT instead of introducing a new IP on the network (making sure that the Linux image isn't advertising any naughty services like S

Need they ever know if you do NAT instead of introducing a new IP on the network (making sure that the Linux image isn't advertising any naughty services like SSH of course)? Of course, on a corporate Windows box you may not be root, i suppose... Courage to you nonetheless! Time to find a job where you're root on your machine? :)