Telocity/DirecTV DSL expressly ALLOWS servers and gives you a fixed IP. You may want to consider their service.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: cleve Allison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [brlug-general] Cox and No-IP (Dynamic DNS software) > > > John, > Does Eatel resell DSL or Cable service? > I would love to set up a sendmail and apache webserver. Not for > anything big, mostly just to learn with. Currently I am with > Cox Cable > and have been quite pleased with the service I get but I know > that they > don't want us running servers. > I also heard that Eatel can supply you with your local > telephone service > at extremely good rates....although I have not yet called > them to check > it out myself. > Cleve > > > > On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 21:32, John Hebert wrote: > > Terry provides wise advice. Heed it. > > > > Do you have other ISP choices? Eatel is great, and places > no restrictions on me. > > > > jh > > > > > They do not have to scan you. They can easily watch for > inbound TCP > > > packets with the SYN flag set. These are connection > requests. It they > > > watch for corresponding outbound responses from the > target IP address to > > > the original sender IP address, they will know that > you're running a > > > server. Now, whether they watch or not is a whole > 'nother issue. Maybe > > > they'll just assume its another Windows security bug. > > > > > > So, the real question is, are you going to do it? If you > do, you _can_ get > > > caught, and you take your medicine whether it's > disconnection or something > > > more dramatic (can anyone say "theft of cable service"?). > Just what are > > > you willing to risk? > > > > > > At 09:27 PM 10/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > > >(Not really a linux question, but any way...) > > > > > > > >As you may or may not know, I am trying to set up a web > server. I am on > > > >Cox residential interner service, and have read that > they don't allow > > > >servers to be run on their residential service. I tried > contacting Cox > > > >about this issue, but all they would say is that "cox > does not allow > > > >servers." After some research, I found that it will cost > an extra $10 for > > > >a slow 128k business connection so I could run a server. > How ever, I know > > > >someone who runs a server using the residential service > using No-IP > > > >Dynamic DNS software on port 8080. Is it true that they > can detect if I am > > > >using software like this, and will they cancil my > account if they detect > > > >me running that software? Do they just scan the ports > that are blocked, or > > > >do they scan all ports? What if I use a different port > besides port 80? > > > > > > > >Thanks for any help, > > > > > > > >Steven > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > ~~ > > John Hebert > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
