>> OH?  Why would my cable modem provider scan my box?  What would they be 
>> looking
>> for?
>
>My ISP scanned my box once, and I asked them about it and they told me it was 
>an accident, done by a new Linux box they had just set up because they were 
>considering switching to Linux.  They told me the box would be shut down until 
>they found the problem, and that it would not happen again.

@home, the largest cable ISP in the US, *routinely* scans their customers, 
aggressively checking that no one is breaking their service agreement by 
running a server OF ANY KIND.

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