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[Jay Pipes <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/04/2013 02:23 PM, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> On 2013-04-04 10:51:20 -0700 (-0700), Ronak Shah wrote:
>> As OS dev cycle involves Gerrit review tool which requires ssh
>> into the gerrit server, I was wondering if any of you guys face
>> problems where your company/org does not allow ssh to external
>> hosts.
> [...]
> 
> It usually involves the uphill battle of convincing whoever manages
> network security/firewalls/proxies for your employer that the
> Internet is more than just a bunch of Web pages. Companies which
> exclusively limit their employees to only browsing the Web are
> basically cutting themselves off from innovations which rely on a
> myriad of other protocols. For non-technology companies that might
> be fine, but for a technology company that's often a sign that it's
> going out of business pretty soon.

+1000