On Sat, Sep 06, 2003, Joel Hammer wrote: >Its not just spam. I am on comcast and I still log endless code red and >other nasties trying to attack web servers, and almost every originating >IP is from comcast.
When @HOME was running this system, they were blocking incoming port 80 to their customers machines, largely in response to the ``Code Red'' and ``Nimda'' worms. They also restricted outgoing port 25 connections to their own servers. Most of their customer's contracts didn't allow the customers to run servers in any case. The @HOME abuse department was also very responsive to complaints about abuse on their network. Spam from the @HOME network wasn't that much of a problem. Unfortunately ATTBI and COMCAST didn't continue these policies. While this is nice for the folks on the Linux list, the net effect has been to make the COMCAST network a major source of network abuse. It has gotten so bad that some major U.S. broadband providers have blocked smtp from all or part of the comcast network. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Systems, Inc. UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it -- Ronald Reagan _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
