[TriLUG] blocking outbound port 22

[Ken Mink via TriLUG]

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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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