Re: List postings as attachments
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 14:21, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> Lo, on Thursday, August 15, Craig Dickson did write:
>
> > Hall Stevenson wrote:
[snip]
> Blocking outbound ssh connections is fairly common, actually. Keep in
> mind that, in a corporate setting, people are often just as concerned
> about internal stuff leaving the network as they are with external
> crackers getting into the network. This concern is usually held up as a
> justification for that kind of firewall config.
>
> My previous employer did something like this; I imagine this was their
> rationale, although I never asked. I've worked with other companies
> where the above was the official line, though.
>
> Disclaimer: I never said these were *good* reasons; they're just the
> reasons people usually cite for blocking outgoing connections. I find
> it pretty ridiculous, myself. First, if somebody has a web site on a
> non-standard port, you can't get to them. Second, Craig's suggestion
> below works very nicely.
Funny/scary network config story: I worked for a LARGE defense
contractor, so you'd think that they'd have secure networks. Nope.
Port 22 was blocked from the inside, but port 23 was left wide open.
Bypassing this "security measure" was laughable...
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