I use Telocity/DirecTV and they actually promote running servers. Well, they did when I signed up a few years ago.
Regards, Dustin At 09:51 PM 10/14/2002 -0500, you wrote: >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 --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
