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Why are they doing this at all? I don't think it's in the name of "security", if you can establish any VPN connection, you can easily exfiltrate any kind of tra
by 5e92cb50239222b 5y ago
Why are they doing this at all? I don't think it's in the name of "security", if you can establish any VPN connection, you can easily exfiltrate any kind of traffic without anybody noticing.
- lazide 5y agoUsually to protect the random unprotected machines on the local network (and the rest of the world from the poorly administered machines), in my experience. Some of it often boils down to mindset of the admin - allow everything unless you know it is a problem, or block everything unless you ‘know’ it is good.
- zamadatix 5y agoIn the name of security for the millions of BYOD devices that connect to eduroam. Only 0.1% may find inbound or strange ports useful but probably a double digit percentage of BYOD devices find unfiltered networks (particularly inbound or peer to peer communication) to result in massive continuous malware outbreaks.