[Tfug] why not cable?

Brian Masur bcmasur at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 12 15:16:05 MST 2006




>From: Ammon Lauritzen <ammon at simud.org>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] why not cable?
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:28:19 -0700
>
>Steven Bowers wrote:
> > * You are strictly prohibited from running any type of a server. Even
> > something as innocuous as an SSH or RDP server.
>
*SNIP*
>
>The only standard tcp ports they actively block are 25 (incoming and
>outgoing), and 80 (incoming). The public reason for this is to prevent
>spam and viral propogation. And that's a valid reason. But it's not the
>only reason.
>
*SNIP*
>Ammon

Comcast does not block any ports that I know of, especially 25 and 80 as I 
run web servers and mail servers on comcast.






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