The nerd(s) in charge of the firewall configuration are leftist twits?
“The nerd(s) in charge of the firewall configuration are leftist twits”?
...bingo!
How did you guess?
>>...The nerd(s) in charge of the firewall configuration are leftist twits?...<<
Not very likely. Think of it like a forum participant who displays a pattern of abusive/troll posts on freerepublic.com. They get banned sometimes.
More likely, IA/STIGs/etc are famously set to “one-strike-and-you’re-out” sensitive. Something on freerepublic.com probably ran afoul of the content/malware filter rules on one, single instance and *BAM*, the site was added to a blacklist.
I had a software vendor’s support-page that popped the IA “not authorized” error page (no idea why). I had to fill out a form and state the justification for accessing that page and they allowed it the next day. I don’t know if the reason for the initial block was the same - but I’m fairly certain the “business need” for the access is likely different from reaching freerepublic.com. Point being, if a site is blocked, I know they can be un-blocked. I just don’t know how much success you will have getting freerepublic off the blacklist.
Perhaps some imaginative freeper can suggest a unarguable “need” that the Information Assurance folks will accept?
And to be clear, I get frustrated with the IA folks on almost every project I’m engaged on. Different IA shops seem to interpret STIGs, etc differently. The Navy is particularly famous for nit-picking & requiring more hoop-jumping than all other branches combined (my opinion). I think they should adopt the motto, “Information Assurance: We’re working *HARD* to make sure you can’t!”