*** my post yesterday went into limbo -- that's what I get for using ***
*** different email addresses for every mailing list <grin> **
Amen! Those were exactly my thoughts on the subject, but I was hoping
someone else would make the point. Thanks, Justin, for mentioning the
frequently ignored AUP.
In my case, it is "Cox or nothing" -- DSL isn't available in my
neighborhood ("it's all over Baton Rouge, oh, you're in Shenandoah, it just
doesn't work there"). If I screw around with running servers and lose my
Cox account, it would be back to dialup. Plus, I don't have to worry about
keeping the system up, keeping it patched (except for apps I install at my
webhost), backups, MySQL backups, disk space, and such other issues.
Also, with paid webhosting, I'm free to put Google adsense ads on the page
-- which has more than paid for my webhosting <big grin>.
Terry
At 01:10 PM 5/3/2005, you wrote:
>Joe,
>
>A couple of comments about your rant. While I agree with what you in
>that if you are planning to do any kind of work, be it Network or
>Systems administration, you should be very familiar with the equipment
>you are going to support. There is no substitute for hands-on
>experience.
>
>However, I side with the masses who do not put up servers at home and
>the ones who don't advocate it, simply because they do not want to
>endure a battle with an ISP. Certainly ISP's are beginning to block
>ports, and certainly, many of us have found very easy ways to bypass
>those restrictions, we must not forget though, by that time, we've now
>violated our Acceptable Use Policy with that respective ISP, not once,
>but twice (by defeating a security measure and running a server).
>
>Now, maybe I'm in the minority on this, but there are only two (major)
>broadband players in Baton Rouge and I'm not jeopardizing my account
>with my ISP, because I'm definitely not going to order a POTS line so
>I can have DSL.
>
>JWP
>
>On 5/3/05, Brad Bendily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > As it happens, I've written up something on this long, long
> ago. Should still
> > > be useful and educational.
> > > http://www.scottharney.com/nolug-dns/
> >
> > Great docs Scott. I'm going to save that for the future!
> > Thanks
> > BB
> >
> > ____
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Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA
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