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This makes me grimace. I recall trying to install an SSL cert inside a very restricted environment. I had to build a special mode into our application so the IT
by xrd 2y ago
This makes me grimace. I recall trying to install an SSL cert inside a very restricted environment. I had to build a special mode into our application so the IT person could use cURL to hit an endpoint with the base64'ed cert, and then scan the log files for the chunks and then reassemble them by hand with vi. Imagine coaching someone to use VI and bash and grep who only knows how to click around in Windows, everyone feels like a complete idiot. They completely disabled all ports other than HTTPS, did not allow copy-paste into the VM. Inbound HTTP was disabled (so no wget, can't even install extra software with yum). What a nightmare.
The irony of these locked down environments is that they are put in place by crusty IT people who have good intentions, but also know it helps them keep their jobs. But, because of it, all the on-premise software is moving to the cloud, and those people are going to lose their jobs anyway.
This was a sad realization I found after years of enterprise sales work. I thought on-premise software could give us an advantage because as a small company you can offer a more bespoke experience. But, we always looked bad because everyone fights to protect their fiefdom, and our software was blocked at every turn.
It is crazy that enterprises are moving everything to the cloud and no one is noticing that the barrier to getting access to their private sensitive data is more or less water vapor, so to speak. That's nuts.