[AuckLUG] Funky ways of getting where you want with SSH

[Peter Harrison]

Liz Quilty wrote:
> Surely if work has blocked it then you shouldnt be using it.

In an ideal world companies would have efficient firewall processes 
which would quickly evaluate a request to modify a firewall rule, and to 
quickly implement a change.

Most companies however either have nobody responsible for the firewall - 
it is simply an appliance, often one that is in the ADSL router itself, 
or in larger organisations it is controlled by a administrator whose 
sole purpose in life is "ensuring security"; thus any change to the most 
limited configuration is a security threat.

The consequence is that the average developer hasn't a hope in hell of 
changing a organisations firewall rules, while needing vital resources 
outside the organisation to complete a project.

Being right about a companies poor resourcing in the security/firewall 
area is cold comfort when you are living on the street after bing kicked 
out of the flat when you were fired for not completing that project on time.

Okay, perhaps I'm exaggerating a little, but the point is that often 
developers do whats needed to get the job done, and most of the time 
there is no question about the means. However, once or twice in the 
states employees have been taken to task about "evading company security 
measures". Hard places and rocks come to mind....