I'm at NASA and a while ago I wanted to experiment with using Pi's to monitor experimental setups, instead of using full-on PCs as we do now, which would save a

I'm at NASA and a while ago I wanted to experiment with using Pi's to monitor experimental setups, instead of using full-on PCs as we do now, which would save a ton of money. Trying to get permission to put one on the network, even for just a quick test, was so difficult I gave up. And that was a few years ago, now we have so much mandatory compliance monitoring software, I don't know if it would even be possible anymore. Some of those packages may not be available for the Pi, even if it were running a supported OS like Ubuntu instead of Raspios. I understand why incidents like this one have made NASA management extra sensitive to IT security matters, but it sure feels like a creativity straight-jacket at times. There is not much fun in being an SA at NASA these days, I'm sorry to say.