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.rei...@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 >