Re: Open All Outbound Ports?

["Sumit Dhar" <ml_dhar () yahoo com>]

> Consider espionage.  The information goes out.

And what is worse, if someone uses something like scp/ssh, you might get a
whiff of it even if you are running monitoring tools.

Not only that, it becomes easier for a malicious user to attack other
companies if all outbound access is allowed. For example, if only the http
port is open such a user might not be able to use an exploit for ssh against
an external host.

Lots of small reasons like this why opening *ALL* outbound ports might not
be a great idea.

With Regards,
Sumit Dhar
http://www.rootshell.be/~dhar