O.k. I admit not to have ever wondered about that perspective. Thank you for correcting me. I am on these mailing-lists to learn. I often do, too.
Regards, Anders Breindahl. On Friday 13 May 2005 22:07, Tim Sailer wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 07:38:31PM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > > Not an answer and non-technical: > > What is your motivation for actually stopping this tunneling? What harm > > does it do to your network, both from a juristidical and a technical > > point-of-view? > > > > I am asking out of interest, as I could easily be that fellow behind your > > gateway, merely wanting to do some secure communication -- something > > which your setup to a large extent prevents me from. > > Most entities that have a firewall are trying to protect their networked > resources from 'outsiders'. An ssh tunnel can be configured to bypass that > same firewall, allowing unrestricted access into the firewalled areas. > Also, most sites that have firewalls and proxies have an acceptable use > policy that forbids/restricts access to certain type of sites from > business-owned machines, or during normal work hours. It could be a simple > matter of security policy enforcement. > > For us, all the above applies, and also we try to keep the exfiltration of > proprietary research data from happening until the results are offically > released. > > Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
