[TriLUG] blocking outbound port 22

[tj via TriLUG]

port ssh , can be easily used for tunneling

I think, web proxy is in the blacklist for security reason.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Ken Mink via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

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> > On Oct 7, 2015, at 16:52, Wes Garrison via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I ran into a situation today I've never seen before.
> >
> > I was working at an engineering firm and their IT guy had all outbound
> > traffic on port 22 blocked.
> >
> > Is there any sane reason to do this?
> >
> > I can't think of any reason to block SSH, but maybe I'm missing
> something.
> >
> > -Wes
>
> Sure, internal security policies. One place I worked had ALL outbound
> traffic blocked. The only way out was web proxy, which also had quite the
> blacklist.
>
> Ken
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