[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qfi965$ncl$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) writes: 

> =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?=  <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> >
> >No, he wasn't. He commented on that he couldn't use SFTP from work.
> >And SFTP is used by any/all download kits from VSI. Has nothing with
> >anything "hobbyist" to do.
> 
> How can anyone block outgoing ssh/sftp?  That's how people get work done.

It is not uncommon for some, many, or all outgoing connections to 
blocked, depending on one's place of work.

> I think the
> whole argument about sftp is a red herring.

Right.  It is probably relatively common to block sftp but not http.