I am terribly sorry for my assumptuous email, which I wasnt aware that you were DELIBERATELY running FTPd on port 80. Call it a general lack of information to attempt a well rounded reply, and mass incorrect assumption on my behalf. As a corrective measure, I'm afraid I can offer you no new and relevant information to assist you in your current predicament. I can, however, offer you the wish of good luck in your endeavour to accomplish your goals.
IHUG uses Telecom for their ADSL. I trust Telecom for nothing. IHUG does offer a reasonable satellite service. Perhaps that warrants investigation ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: Re: open ports... > Andy George wrote: > > >Inline replies > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 5:28 PM > >Subject: open ports... > > > > > > > > > >>I've set up a no-ip account which seems to work fine ( I can ping and > >>get a sensible name back ). However, I can't access anything behind the > >>router. I've set up routes to a web server, with no luck. I downloaded a > >>bit of software that probes the ports, and find that ftp, telnet, pop3, > >>smtp and 1723 (?) are open ( I also find that ihug seems to guard > >>against the monitoring of ports! ). > >> > >>OK, but when I try to route incoming on ftp to port 80 on one of my > >> > >> > > > >FTP is port 21. Port 80 is generally accepted as an Apache/IIS (http) port. > > > > > > > Andy, > > Only by convention is port 21 the one to use by default for ftp > connections ( see /etc/services for a more complete list ). But I can > run whatever I want to listen on that port, and I can route incoming > connections on port 21 to one of my servers running an http server on > port 80 if I so wish ( so internally, I don't need to supply a port to > the website, but externally I do ). In fact, it's a simple way of adding > to the security of your network... very little improvement I hasten to add. > > What I'm really after is a recommendation for a new ISP that allows me > to do what I want. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > [snip]
