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Sounds like a good excuse to jump into austang and chase the police!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I worked for Northrump Grumman on the Navy base in Point Loma here in CA. EVERYTHING we did had to be approved.
Want internet access? Put in a request.
Deploy your app to the server? Put in a request.
Go take a dump? Put in a request.
It was just as absurd as your experience.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Its also a nuget package. It will run as a stand alone exe file. Work around the system until you can find a better one!
Hogan
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The port is blocked for everything except the database servers. No amount of work-around is going to fix firewall settings.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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snorkie wrote: Work around the system
I used to do that until HR paid a visit and offered to remove me from the building if I continued.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: And if they give me the credentials to run it remotely on the server, why would that be any different than just running it on my own machine - without credentials - like I've been doing for the last 4+ years?
So they can code sign the binary with a special certificate once it's verified/approved. You can then install that certificate on all workstations in the network and enable the group policy: "Only allow code signed binaries to run"
Sounds like your employer needs some security professionals on-site... I am surprised that you were able to run WinSCP under the radar for so long undetected.
Once they get you on the 'new setup' maybe you should show them how to use OpenProcess to dump the binary out of memory to your local disk for bypassing the UNC path. Then show them your 'PE File' Ninja skills by stripping out the code signing certificate from the binary converting it back to unsigned.
Then for testing if they have setup the certificate store security correctly... generate a self-signed certificate[^] to potentially allow your workstation to execute locally 'trusted' executables. Windows 10'Developer Mode' workstations allows self-signed binaries and local certificate trust.
I don't actually recommend doing any this. You'd be surprised how many 'security professionals' are nothing more than certified 'script kiddies' who memorized barely just enough for a week to pass a test.
Might want to get approval if you do decide to test the above.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Just got back from skiing, and I did the infamous Wall. One of the five worst slopes in the alps. Swiss Wall[^]
It starts very steep, about 70` and then eases off to a relatively gentle 50` for much of it. The really scary thing though is the height of it. It is this steep for about half a kilometer, so you are looking down, way way down, towards the end of the piste where it flatttens out.
It was damn hard skiing, completely knackering. Added to the fear the technique starts to fall apart pretty quickly so it is more survival skiing than pleasure.
Anyway, did it. Dont want to do it again though! 
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Well, you survived. The second time should be far less scaring.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: One of the five worst slopes in the alps.
More challenging/dangerous? When you say worse, I think of insignificant, or not good.
Congrats though, on the accomplishment. Safety first!
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(safe for work gif at imgur)
Is that you ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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That had to hurt.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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Ha hahahaha! What a berk, looking over his shoulder while skiing fast!
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I think I'll stick to Swiss cheese and fondue, thank you 
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That is not a slope it is a knee destroyer, the traverse would have been a major part of that descent.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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The traverse was a major part, trying to scrub height. Problem with the 3 day old powder we had was that it isnt great for side slipping, so couldnt lose much height that way, it had to be turns, which also in old powder isnt much fun since the tips can catch quite easily, and if you do.... its a LONG way down.
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Sounds a bit like the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel (Austria). A few years ago a friend and I did The Strief; pretty much straight down for the first 80% and then slowing for a hard curve to the left to prevent flying off the edge and a loooong fall down to the village. After the hard curve the track narrows to about a metre and a half wide across a wooden footbridge with some vicious wooden handrails you absolutely mustn't touch!
Much screaming was involved but we ended up doing it three times that day! A hell of a trip.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Sounds like you had a blast! Kitzbhuel is on the list, definitely going there sometime...
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Not sure I've ever seen a "commercial software package" that included any warranty at all - even that the contents would contain any software at all, much less that it would work as described!
About the closest to that sticker would be the "by breaking this sticker, you accept the license T&Cs" you used to get across the envelope software CD's came in.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OMG that's stupid of the FTC.
I'm a pro "repair man" and if hp for instance, made a computer, offered a standard one year warranty, and the HD failed. I might crack the plastic trying to dig out that "hidden" hard drive. HP should not have to then warrant that pc and it's cracked case.
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They're not saying "warranty void if you broke the device" is illegal, just that you can't slap a sticker on top of a screw and void the warranty for breaking the sticker to prevent people from attempting a repair.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Ron Anders wrote: HP should not have to then warrant that pc and it's cracked case.
Why not? If the device had (for example) bad soldering on the memory and you open it up to switch the hdd, even splitting the case in two, why does that mean that if the memory fails a month later that HP aren't responsible for it? They're not responsible for the case you broke, obviously, but why are they no longer responsible for the bad memory?
In the above example HP are (wrongly) saying they're not, and the government are (rightly) saying they are, and laws like that just reinforce people's rights make it harder for companies to shirk their legal responsibilities. It also stops them ripping consumers off by charging extortionate amounts for repairs knowing you have no alternative (*cough*Apple*cough*).
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Probably not, because software is (contrary to popular interpretation) not sold but licensed. You don't own the software that you "own", so any arguments relating to "stuff you own" don't apply.
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