Re: (clug-talk) isp blocking ports

[todd almond]

If it is suspected that someone with a residential or SOHO account (no 
servers allowed) is running a service then a port scan will be done. 
Usually high bandwidth usage is a clue.

Curtis Sloan wrote:

Do they also do the odd port scan, or only if there is suspicious bandwidth
usage?
Curtis

-----Original Message-----
From: todd almond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: October 13, 2003 10:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: (clug-talk) isp blocking ports
Nope, no port blocking. Except for a brief period when the blaster worm
was out, port 135 was shut-off.
(I'm a TSR there...)
Jon Copeland wrote:

 

does anyone know if shaw blocks, among other things, port 80?
and if they are is there a way around this?  im looking at hosting a LOW
TRAFFIC picture gallery for my family around the world and i'd like to
accomplish this using my existing infrastructure and not incur any
additional costs.
jon