In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ville Vainio wrote: >> >> FWIW, In Finland all home *DSL and Cable internet connections (that I >> know of) are connected "directly" to the internet (in the sense that >> all ports are open). Blocking is reserved for the modem, just the way >> it should be... > >Sure, that's how it is here in the US too. > > [...] > >[1] Although, some ISP's are taking it upon themselves to drop or reject >port 25 traffic. A wrong but understandable stopgap solution to the >problem of peoples toy machines getting infected by malware - at least >those machines won't be able to send mailbombs anywhere else.
I've heard of other kinds of port-blocking, too, making it difficult or impossible to set up VPNs, for example. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "And if that makes me an elitist...I couldn't be happier." --JMS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
