[KLUG Members] Big Net and Redworm mania

[Bruce Smith]

> I don't know if I am the only BigNet DSL subscriber on this list,  but last
> night they decided to block the ports for WWW and SMTP (inbound) in order to
> alleviate the problems with "vulnerable" residential systems. 

A lot of ISPs are also blocking ports outbound, like SMTP, so you are
FORCED to use their outgoing mail server.  You cannot run your own,
and you can't use anyone else's.  They claim this is to cut down on
spam, so spammers can't use unauthorized relays.

If this really cut down on spam, I wouldn't be so upset, but I'm 
getting the same amount of spam, if not more, than I normally do.

At least, you can run your SSH & HTTP server on different ports 
that aren't blocked.  It probably wouldn't do much good to run
sendmail on a different port.  :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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