Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I am not so sure that it's silly.
It can be rather effective to reduce data theft scale and scope or otherwise address such concerns. Also, it frustrates some unauthorized surveillance/spying tools, malware, etc. and user-driven configuration changes that mess up systems or otherwise increase the clean-up work load.
The game is risk management; for risk elimination may be far less affordable.
I didn't say the policy was silly. I said it was silly to have the server for something they feel needs this policy be facing the public Internet. The fact a server they consider this sensitive is facing the public Internet is absurd.