I tried that. However, _Without_ the $80 box, I got about 700 kbps. With the hardware box I get 2.2 mbps. It does make a difference. My gateway used to be a 486 at 66 mhz. Now it is an Allied Telesyn NAT router.
Shannon P.S. - I will let y'all know how Usenix goes in San Francisco. I am on the way to go out of town to San Francisco, then Pasadena for a few days (CalTech) and then back to the area north of SF to visit friends where I used to live. On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 13:09, John Hebert wrote: > If $80 is too much, just throw OpenBSD 3.1 on an old > 486 and follow FAQ to setup a nice and secure > NAT/firewall box. > > John Hebert > > --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use a nat router at home, and even recommend them > > for anyone who has > > even a single computer at home. This screws most > > port scans... I am on > > Cox also. You can get one for around 80 bucks now. > > > > Shannon > > > > On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 01:48, Alex wrote: > > > I know ISPs have the right (by their TOS > > agreement) to monitor and probe > > > people.. I have just started messing with > > iptables. I'm a Cox.net cable > > > modem user and out of paranoia, I am blocking all > > IP addresses owned by > > > Cox.net > > > > > > I figured out how to get syslog to write the data > > from iptables to a file > > > and I'm notcing that I'm currently being > > portscanned by both the "dns" > > > server and the "proxy" server. Both of these are > > scanning the same > > > ports at the same time. Seeing a lot of stuff from > > kazaa users was > > > one thing, but what are the cox people up to? Do > > they scan everyone or > > > just the suspicious users? What I am seeing is > > not a scan of specific > > > ports (like their "authorized-scans--xxxx" > > address used to do on the > > > @home network, but an all out portscan.. They > > are scanning around the > > > 2800-2900 range (I have only witnessed this range > > so far, but it is still > > > continuing), one port at a time... (very slowly) > > > > > > I installed Apache the other day. I'm not > > interested in running a > > > webserver, but I like to test and debug scripts > > locally and then upload > > > them. Lord forbid they detected Apache before I > > could edit the conf > > > files.... > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > > Shannon Roddy > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Systems Administrator California Institute of > > Technology > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston > > Observatory > > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > > Wireless Email (255 Chars) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
