Not really. In this instance, they aren't trying to lock down the Verizon network, as they would if they were going for security. All they're trying to do is to stop the majority of people from doing something like cranking up the little webserver that comes with Windows (since Win98) and putting up their own webpage. The average person out there wouldn't know to make IIS run on an alternative port, and may not even know what a port is. Simply by blocking, Verizon probably eliminates 90+ percent of the traffic they are concerned with, and a certain portion of those people will opt to pay the additional money to get a "business" account.
I don't like it, but it doesn't cost them much to do and probably has made them some money too. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: brian raszap To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] [OT] Comcast users in the area well then just use different ports...thats a silly way to block servers.. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Joe Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's my understanding that FiOS actually has ports 25, 80 and 443 blocked for incoming traffic on residential accounts. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] [OT] Comcast users in the area
