Allowing inbound and outbound http on a web server

[Richard Ginski <rginski@co.pinellas.fl.us>]

I was asked to allow HTTP traffic outbound from a web server which is 
protected by an application proxy firewall. It already has a rule which 
allows inbound HTTP traffic to it. It does not reside on our protected 
network. Outbound HTTP is being used for indexing not for browsing. 

My gut feeling is that this is not a good idea. Unfortunately, I can't think 
of a technical reason why this is such a bad idea. Does anyone have any 
thoughts? TIA!

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