Re: Cable internet

2006-10-18 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:24:41PM -0700, David Cuthbert wrote: > I'm puzzled. Why block the Comcast SMTP server instead of just the > Comcast dynamic IP block? The zombies are highly unlikely to try to use > the official SMTP server. They are in fact very likely to use it. Many spamming viruse

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-18 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Wed, October 18, 2006 1:21 am, David Cuthbert wrote: > My DragonFly box doesn't actually connect directly; I use a different > machine as a firewall. And you will definitely want a very restrictive > firewall configuration; the number of daily hack attempts and portscans > I get is staggering.

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-18 Thread Bill Hacker
David Cuthbert wrote: Bill Hacker wrote: Caveat: Use some other mx for your e-mail, not comcast. Our MX'en blacklist all of comcast, as they do nothing useful to block outbound to port 25, and are *infested* with Win-Zombies. I'm puzzled. Why block the Comcast SMTP server instead of just

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-17 Thread David Cuthbert
Bryan Berch wrote: So as long as you get a ethernet cable modem there should be no problem connecting? Nope. It's a fairly standard DHCP configuration. Is there any thing special in configuring it to work with dragonfly or is it just dhcp? My DragonFly box doesn't actually connect directly

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-17 Thread David Cuthbert
Bill Hacker wrote: Caveat: Use some other mx for your e-mail, not comcast. Our MX'en blacklist all of comcast, as they do nothing useful to block outbound to port 25, and are *infested* with Win-Zombies. I'm puzzled. Why block the Comcast SMTP server instead of just the Comcast dynamic IP b

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-17 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Tue, October 17, 2006 3:27 pm, Bryan Berch wrote: > So as long as you get a ethernet cable modem there should be no problem > connecting? Yes. I'm assuming your computer has an ethernet port, of course. > Is there any thing special in configuring it to work with dragonfly or > is it just dhc

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-17 Thread Bryan Berch
David Cuthbert wrote: Bryan Berch wrote: It is about I get rid of dial-up and get something faster. My only other choice is Comcast broadband. My questions are: 1. Has any one used it and is it worth it? 2. What cable modem did you use? I've been using it for ~3 years now. I've had two

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-17 Thread Bill Hacker
Bryan Berch wrote: It is about I get rid of dial-up and get something faster. My only other choice is Comcast broadband. My questions are: 1. Has any one used it and is it worth it? 2. What cable modem did you use? Thanks Bryan I've used Motorola on three different providers and Terr

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-16 Thread David Cuthbert
Bryan Berch wrote: It is about I get rid of dial-up and get something faster. My only other choice is Comcast broadband. My questions are: 1. Has any one used it and is it worth it? 2. What cable modem did you use? I've been using it for ~3 years now. I've had two major issues during th

Re: Cable internet

2006-10-16 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Mon, October 16, 2006 9:11 pm, Bryan Berch wrote: > It is about I get rid of dial-up and get something faster. My only > other choice is Comcast broadband. My questions are: > > 1. Has any one used it and is it worth it? > > 2. What cable modem did you use? In my 13 years of access to broad

Cable internet

2006-10-16 Thread Bryan Berch
It is about I get rid of dial-up and get something faster. My only other choice is Comcast broadband. My questions are: 1. Has any one used it and is it worth it? 2. What cable modem did you use? Thanks Bryan