[aur-general] Git over HTTPS

[Alan Jenkins]

Actually they very often strip https traffic too. I used to work for
Symantec.cloud and we did both http and https scanning so don't try to say
that it is not a valid argument as I assure you you can scan and do content
filtering on https.

On 16 June 2015 at 14:35, Manuel Reimer <manuel.reimer at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 06/16/2015 08:24 AM, Alan Jenkins wrote:
>
>> I am with the OP on this, having worked in a cloud security company I
>> understand why they block port 22 out bound and know it to be a common
>> problem. It is blocked to stop employees accidentally or intentionally
>> leaking important customer or business data. You can also use SSH to
>> bypass
>> security measures in place within the network and even create tunnels back
>> into the network.
>>
>
> You can do this via HTTPS, too.
>
> --> Bad argument.
>
> Manuel
>