On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Randolph Baden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> you're saying it's illegal to run an SSH server? that makes no sense.
>
> Don't quote me on this, but from what I've heard it doesn't sound like
> ISPs really care if you run an SSH server (or even a HTTP server as
> long as it generates very little traffic).  It seems like they put
> such things in their ToS in case they ever want to be able to use it.
> I think that a lot of ISPs do it.  I think some also say you can't,
> for instance, use a wireless router, even though people do it all the
> time.

Correct.  And let's be careful to distinguish criminal law from
contract law.  It's not illegal, it's just a violation of a broadly
worded and probably difficult-to-enforce contract between the end-user
and Comcast.

You may want to see if you can work this from the "bottom" -- get in
touch with some of the Comcast net admins, and once they're on board,
get them to push the proposal upstream.

Dustin

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