Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
* Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess because terms of service for a home user do not cover serving from > the user's site. Ron Minnich said it's his home machine so I assume he has > paid for a plan with the word "home" somewhere in the plan title or the > ToS. ISPs like to distinguish "servers" from "clients" so that they can > safely cram as many little "clients" into one big channel as possible. Yeah, that's this kind of ISP which shits on net neutrality and other fundamental concepts of the internet. Such traitors deserve their routes deannounced from time to time (route flapping can be a nice game ;-o). > A dial-up ISP I once bought services from used to block ICMP. When I > complained they said it was to safeguard the users against Smurf attacks. > I knew it was to safeguard themselves against users snooping into their > poorly configured internal network. I went as far as getting a prompt from > one of their routers--it had a never-configured telnet server running--but > I didn't know what to do next. It was no use anyway. Why didn't you just try out the factory settings and fix the problem by yourself ? ;-O cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme --
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curiously BigPond (Big, Big, Stagnant Pond) does not block incoming > 80. So if you can guess my IP you can be entertained. > > Maybe I'll stir the Pond again in the future. (obBoyd) Pond's that aren't stirred periodically become stagnant. Now, where's that damned .45 and a bottle of red - Dan C.
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
Curiously BigPond (Big, Big, Stagnant Pond) does not block incoming 80. So if you can guess my IP you can be entertained. Maybe I'll stir the Pond again in the future. brucee On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Charles Forsyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was sure my copy of pathalias would somehow come into its own again. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 9fans@9fans.net > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:06:13 +0100 > Subject: Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck > * erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > So we're building up direct (encrypted) uucp links again. Not just to >> > get around the regulation, but also not to let the spies learn what's >> > going through the wire. >> > >> > >> >> why uucp? ppp works just fine for direct connections. > > we're just talking about mail transfer, so uucp IMHO is the > easiest solution, especially if machines aren't up and online > all the day ... > > > cu > -- > -- > Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ > > cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: nekrad666 > -- > Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme > -- >
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
i was sure my copy of pathalias would somehow come into its own again.--- Begin Message --- * erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So we're building up direct (encrypted) uucp links again. Not just to > > get around the regulation, but also not to let the spies learn what's > > going through the wire. > > > > > > why uucp? ppp works just fine for direct connections. we're just talking about mail transfer, so uucp IMHO is the easiest solution, especially if machines aren't up and online all the day ... cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme - End Message ---
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
Port 587 is mostly used for TLS encrypted SMTP. Blocking outgoing 25 is madness. Email is one rudimentary service everyone expects from their Internet connectivity and not everybody uses web mail interfaces. machines from spamming. Why do you think yours stopped incoming port 25? Probably just easier to block it in both directions? I guess because terms of service for a home user do not cover serving from the user's site. Ron Minnich said it's his home machine so I assume he has paid for a plan with the word "home" somewhere in the plan title or the ToS. ISPs like to distinguish "servers" from "clients" so that they can safely cram as many little "clients" into one big channel as possible. "Clients" don't expect quality of service--most of them don't _understand_ quality of service. A dial-up ISP I once bought services from used to block ICMP. When I complained they said it was to safeguard the users against Smurf attacks. I knew it was to safeguard themselves against users snooping into their poorly configured internal network. I went as far as getting a prompt from one of their routers--it had a never-configured telnet server running--but I didn't know what to do next. It was no use anyway. --On Monday, November 10, 2008 9:59 AM + jfmxl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My ISP was blocking port 25 outgoing, so I could send mail to my own mailserver. It turned out that sendmail was listening on port 587 as well, so I use that instead. I assumed my ISP was blocking outgoing port 25 to stop captured machines from spamming. Why do you think yours stopped incoming port 25? Probably just easier to block it in both directions?
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
* erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So we're building up direct (encrypted) uucp links again. Not just to > > get around the regulation, but also not to let the spies learn what's > > going through the wire. > > > > > > why uucp? ppp works just fine for direct connections. we're just talking about mail transfer, so uucp IMHO is the easiest solution, especially if machines aren't up and online all the day ... cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme --
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
Here in Saudi Arabia, most ISPs are happy to provide what I like to call "five sevens" service. I think that it would be awesome to have a net connection stable enough to run a smtp or http server. Then again I think it would be nice to have an ISP where I don't have to run "pull" 3 or 4 times in order to get a full update. I can't get out of here fast enough (2.5 months left on contract). -jcw On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:57 PM, sqweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:59 PM, jfmxl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My ISP was blocking port 25 outgoing, so I could send mail to my own > > mailserver. It turned out that sendmail was listening on port 587 as > > well, so I use that instead. > > > > I assumed my ISP was blocking outgoing port 25 to stop captured > > machines from spamming. Why do you think yours stopped incoming port > > 25? Probably just easier to block it in both directions? > > My ISP blocks common incoming ports (25, 80) by default, presumably > because they see much more abuse than legitimate use - just think of > the number of people who run mail/www servers over residential > broadband vs the number of people with potentially vulnerable windows > machines. Fortunately for me, my ISP also provides an easy way to turn > the filtering off. > -sqweek > >
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:59 PM, jfmxl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ISP was blocking port 25 outgoing, so I could send mail to my own > mailserver. It turned out that sendmail was listening on port 587 as > well, so I use that instead. > > I assumed my ISP was blocking outgoing port 25 to stop captured > machines from spamming. Why do you think yours stopped incoming port > 25? Probably just easier to block it in both directions? My ISP blocks common incoming ports (25, 80) by default, presumably because they see much more abuse than legitimate use - just think of the number of people who run mail/www servers over residential broadband vs the number of people with potentially vulnerable windows machines. Fortunately for me, my ISP also provides an easy way to turn the filtering off. -sqweek
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
BigPond in Australia blocks outgoing - you can only use their mail server. I spoke to one of their "security experts" and ended up asking "what if my remote mailserver was on port 80?". Long pause. "Well the decision has been made." "Well good, I'll change to port 80 - have a nice day." brucee On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:59 AM, jfmxl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ISP was blocking port 25 outgoing, so I could send mail to my own > mailserver. It turned out that sendmail was listening on port 587 as > well, so I use that instead. > > I assumed my ISP was blocking outgoing port 25 to stop captured > machines from spamming. Why do you think yours stopped incoming port > 25? Probably just easier to block it in both directions? > >
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
> So we're building up direct (encrypted) uucp links again. Not just to > get around the regulation, but also not to let the spies learn what's > going through the wire. > > why uucp? ppp works just fine for direct connections. - erik
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
My ISP was blocking port 25 outgoing, so I could send mail to my own mailserver. It turned out that sendmail was listening on port 587 as well, so I use that instead. I assumed my ISP was blocking outgoing port 25 to stop captured machines from spamming. Why do you think yours stopped incoming port 25? Probably just easier to block it in both directions?
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
* LiteStar numnums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, there is a decent amount of noise over switching back to UUCP or > the like to avoid the types of restrictions governments & corporations are > attempting to put on the 'net. Can't wait. :| Actually, I might be one of those making that noise (at least in some german LUG lists) ;-o Point is: German law requires the ISPs to log all their clients traffic (who mailed to whom), so that the goverment can spy on the people. (you know, we're all terrorists ;-o). I'm sure the constitutional court will stop this (as it did with other coup attempts like Lissabon treaty), but that will take some time, enough time for bad things to happen. So we're building up direct (encrypted) uucp links again. Not just to get around the regulation, but also not to let the spies learn what's going through the wire. If anyone likes to have a UUCP feed, just let me know. cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme --
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
Actually, there is a decent amount of noise over switching back to UUCP or the like to avoid the types of restrictions governments & corporations are attempting to put on the 'net. Can't wait. :| On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you have to love comcast. They just blocked my port 25 incoming. A >> quick search around the net reveals they are jerking people around >> regularly on this issue. >> > > And people claim UUCP is obsolete. > > -- And in the "Only Prolog programmers will find this funny" department: Q: How many Prolog programmers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: No. -- Ovid "By cosmic rule, as day yields night, so winter summer, war peace, plenty famine. All things change. Air penetrates the lump of myrrh, until the joining bodies die and rise again in smoke called incense." "Men do not know how that which is drawn in different directions harmonises with itself. The harmonious structure of the world depends upon opposite tension like that of the bow and the lyre." "This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures" -- Heraclitus
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
you have to love comcast. They just blocked my port 25 incoming. A quick search around the net reveals they are jerking people around regularly on this issue. And people claim UUCP is obsolete.
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
hi ron, i was able to dig some more details. the one i have is RCA (by thomson), model DHG535-2 H/W: 2.0. This seems to be the manual: http://www.thomson.net/SiteCollectionDocuments/Products/User%20guides/Cable/modems%20and%20gateways/US/userguide_dhg%20%20535_en_092007.pdf this modem (newer than the one for which i had read the manual before) too seems to have those features i mentioned. so i was able to reach the UI via http://192.168.100.1. hope this helps. regards dharani On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi ron, > > isnt cable modem a router too these days? i remember reading a manual > in the internet for a cable modem (provided by comcast) that had the > ability to act as DHCP server to the client side, NAT, (it had web > based UI too), etc just like a Linksys box so that you only need a > switch to connect multiple PCs. So the cable modem may well do the > access control too. > > thanks > dharani > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:06 PM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> you have to love comcast. They just blocked my port 25 incoming. A >> quick search around the net reveals they are jerking people around >> regularly on this issue. >> >> The weird part: at last one person claims the blocking is done in the >> cable modem, and can be resolved by just getting a new modem. >> >> Does this seem like a realistic claim? I just assumed it was in the routers. >> >> Here's one transcript. >> >> ron >> >> http://www.johnmasone.com/article.php?id=150 >> >> >
Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
hi ron, isnt cable modem a router too these days? i remember reading a manual in the internet for a cable modem (provided by comcast) that had the ability to act as DHCP server to the client side, NAT, (it had web based UI too), etc just like a Linksys box so that you only need a switch to connect multiple PCs. So the cable modem may well do the access control too. thanks dharani On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:06 PM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you have to love comcast. They just blocked my port 25 incoming. A > quick search around the net reveals they are jerking people around > regularly on this issue. > > The weird part: at last one person claims the blocking is done in the > cable modem, and can be resolved by just getting a new modem. > > Does this seem like a realistic claim? I just assumed it was in the routers. > > Here's one transcript. > > ron > > http://www.johnmasone.com/article.php?id=150 > >
