On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 07:18:04 -0400 Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > On Apr 05, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 21:11:33 -0400 > > Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:46:00 -0400 > > > > Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote:
... > > > > well it would perform over my home internet connection (besides for the > > > > fact that it would certainly violate the TOS of pretty much any > > > > residential ISP service). > > > > > > It actually doesn't violate any ToS here (least not my ISP, and the > > > previous two that I've had). Granted the previous ones (DSL and low-end > > > cable) wouldn't have been able to host it. > > > > > > Current ISP is FTTH, so I've got bandwidth to spare. > > > > Well, you don't name your ISPs, but I'm pretty sure the big ones > > generally forbid running servers (for anything beyond "personal" use) on > > residential connections. E.g.: > > Oops, must have pulled them out on accident. > > Old-old -> cox Cox's current AUP explicitly forbids servers (at least without "express authorization"): "You may not operate, or allow others to operate, servers of any type or any other device, equipment, and/or software providing server-like functionality in connection with the Service, unless expressly authorized by Cox." https://www.cox.com/aboutus/policies/acceptable-use-policy.html > Old -> Time Warner (now Spectrum; good thing I got off before their AUP > went insane) > Current -> AT&T (although i did have to call their tech support to open > port 25, and authorize "if I run an open relay, I'm the one at fault" Yes, ISTR running into this on the homelab reddit, that AT&T is one of the few major ISPs to allow servers on residential connections. In their AUP, they prettly clearly only forbid them on dial-up accounts: https://www.att.com/legal/terms.aup.html Celejar