diff --git a/docs/GatewayConfiguration.md b/docs/GatewayConfiguration.md
index 618a2f2..378a734 100644
--- a/docs/GatewayConfiguration.md
+++ b/docs/GatewayConfiguration.md
@@ -743,8 +743,8 @@ gateway↔worker link is a per-session **named pipe**
 (`mxgw-{gatewayPid}-{sessionUid}`), not a network socket. It is not
 TLS-encrypted and does not need to be: it never leaves the local Windows host and
 is secured by the OS pipe ACL: on Windows the gateway creates each pipe with a
-protected DACL that grants only its own account (the account the worker is
-launched as) and denies network logons; on the non-Windows test matrix it uses
+protected DACL whose only entry grants its own account (the account the worker
+is launched as); on the non-Windows test matrix it uses
 `PipeOptions.CurrentUserOnly`. See `WorkerPipeSecurity` and [Worker Frame Protocol](./WorkerFrameProtocol.md).
 
 ## Related Documentation
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurity.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurity.cs
index f095ab0..b99bf29 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurity.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurity.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Server.Sessions;
 /// credential-bearing commands (secured writes, <c>AuthenticateUser</c>, alarm-ack passwords), so
 /// its unguessable name is not enough: only the account the gateway runs as — which is also the
 /// account the worker is launched as, because the launcher sets no alternate credentials — may
-/// open it, and never over the network.
+/// open it.
 /// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// There is deliberately no deny entry for <c>NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK</c>. That SID marks a network
+/// <em>logon</em>, not a remote caller: a gateway started from an SSH or WinRM session carries it in
+/// its own token, so a deny entry locked its own same-machine workers out (found on windev, #187).
+/// </remarks>
 internal static class WorkerPipeSecurity
 {
     /// <summary>Gets the options every worker pipe is created with on non-Windows hosts.</summary>
@@ -34,8 +39,8 @@ internal static class WorkerPipeSecurity
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Creates a pipe ACL that grants full control to <paramref name="user"/> only, denies network
-    /// logons, and does not inherit any other entries.
+    /// Creates a pipe ACL that grants full control to <paramref name="user"/> only and does not
+    /// inherit any other entries.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="user">The account the gateway and its workers run as.</param>
     /// <returns>The pipe security descriptor.</returns>
@@ -51,12 +56,6 @@ internal static class WorkerPipeSecurity
         security.SetOwner(user);
         security.AddAccessRule(new PipeAccessRule(user, PipeAccessRights.FullControl, AccessControlType.Allow));
 
-        // A network logon of the same account still carries the user SID; the deny ACE keeps the
-        // pipe local-only regardless.
-        security.AddAccessRule(new PipeAccessRule(
-            new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.NetworkSid, domainSid: null),
-            PipeAccessRights.FullControl,
-            AccessControlType.Deny));
 
         return security;
     }
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurityTests.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurityTests.cs
index 58b32a2..ba6ace2 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurityTests.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Sessions/WorkerPipeSecurityTests.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests.Gateway.Sessions;
 public sealed class WorkerPipeSecurityTests
 {
 
-    /// <summary>Verifies the factory grants only the given user and denies network logons.</summary>
+    /// <summary>Verifies the factory grants only the given user.</summary>
     [WindowsFact]
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    public void Create_GrantsOnlyTheUserAndDeniesNetwork()
+    public void Create_GrantsOnlyTheUser()
     {
         SecurityIdentifier user = new("S-1-5-21-1000-2000-3000-1001");
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public sealed class WorkerPipeSecurityTests
 
         Assert.True(security.AreAccessRulesProtected);
         Assert.Equal(user, security.GetOwner(typeof(SecurityIdentifier)));
-        AssertOnlyUserAllowedAndNetworkDenied(security, user);
+        AssertOnlyUserAllowed(security, user);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ public sealed class WorkerPipeSecurityTests
         using NamedPipeServerStream pipe = SessionWorkerClientFactory.CreatePipe(NewPipeName());
         PipeSecurity applied = pipe.GetAccessControl();
 
-        AssertOnlyUserAllowedAndNetworkDenied(applied, user);
+        AssertOnlyUserAllowed(applied, user);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Verifies the pipe still accepts a client running as the same user — the worker is launched
     /// under the gateway's own account, so the restriction must not break the session handshake.
+    /// On windev this runs from an SSH (network-logon) session, which is what caught the earlier
+    /// deny-NETWORK entry.
     /// </summary>
     [Fact]
     public async Task CreatePipe_AcceptsClientRunningAsTheSameUser()
@@ -77,24 +79,22 @@ public sealed class WorkerPipeSecurityTests
     }
 
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    private static void AssertOnlyUserAllowedAndNetworkDenied(PipeSecurity security, SecurityIdentifier user)
+    private static void AssertOnlyUserAllowed(PipeSecurity security, SecurityIdentifier user)
     {
         SecurityIdentifier everyoneSid = new(WellKnownSidType.WorldSid, null);
         SecurityIdentifier anonymousSid = new(WellKnownSidType.AnonymousSid, null);
-        SecurityIdentifier networkSid = new(WellKnownSidType.NetworkSid, null);
         List<PipeAccessRule> rules = security
             .GetAccessRules(includeExplicit: true, includeInherited: true, typeof(SecurityIdentifier))
             .Cast<PipeAccessRule>()
             .ToList();
 
-        PipeAccessRule[] allows = rules.Where(r => r.AccessControlType == AccessControlType.Allow).ToArray();
-        PipeAccessRule allow = Assert.Single(allows);
+        // Exactly one entry: an allow for the gateway's user. In particular no deny entry — a deny
+        // for NETWORK locked out same-machine workers when the gateway ran from an SSH logon.
+        PipeAccessRule allow = Assert.Single(rules);
+        Assert.Equal(AccessControlType.Allow, allow.AccessControlType);
         Assert.Equal(user, allow.IdentityReference);
         Assert.Equal(PipeAccessRights.FullControl, allow.PipeAccessRights & PipeAccessRights.FullControl);
 
-        PipeAccessRule deny = Assert.Single(rules, r => r.AccessControlType == AccessControlType.Deny);
-        Assert.Equal(networkSid, deny.IdentityReference);
-
         Assert.DoesNotContain(rules, r => r.IdentityReference == everyoneSid && r.AccessControlType == AccessControlType.Allow);
         Assert.DoesNotContain(rules, r => r.IdentityReference == anonymousSid && r.AccessControlType == AccessControlType.Allow);
     }