Seems like a pretty stringent AUP. That would be annoying if you were trying to use an IRC server over your WAN for company communications or the like.
________________________________________________________________ Stephen Perciballi phone: 1-416-216-5141 Internet Security Specialist cell : 1-416-877-1808 MCI pager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mci.com/ca 24/7 : 1-888-886-3865 On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, morning_wood wrote: > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Should ISPs be blocking open ports for their > customers? > > > > > > It's not really common practice for transit type providers to do this. > > The networks are typically engineered to forward packets and not filter > > them. Hopefully the providers have dedicated staff to handle abuse. In > > that case issues should be handled on a case-by-case basis. > > in my local area comcast is blocking 135 and 445, further I have advised comcast > of thinknaw, just dont give it out > of blocking inbound 6667 as i feel this would reduce many of the mechanisims > using [sd]bot type agents attacking against ircd. > since running a IRC server is in contrast to thier ToS. > > DMCA observances: > quote from comcast tv commercial "download your favorite music, and movie > trailers online" - - note the use of the phrase "trailers" to note the > destinction between them ( legal ) and full movies ( illegal ), but nothing > about said music ( of which you can get "trailers" of commercial releases ( > legal )) as opposed to commercial releases ( illegal ). > > > Donnie Werner > http://e2-labs.com > > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
