how much traffic were you getting? -Matt
On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Nov 15, at 1:08 PM, Matt Frost wrote: > >> actually do they go by ports to see if you're running a dedicated >> server? i could possibly change my port 80 to something else to >> get around that. > > They scan ports, and not just the common ones. When they get a hit > on a port, they try to determine what sort of service is being > offered. If it's http (Web) or SMTP (sendmail), they'll often just > turn off your whole connection without a notice. You have to make a > contrite call to tech support to get it turned back on and promise > never, never, ever to do it again. At least, that was my experience. > > I have also learned they do not care about some servers running. > SSH and secure authenticated sendmail do not seem to bother them, > probably because the ports are encrypted and they can't really tell > what's behind them. I suspect https would also fall into that > category because the automated scanner wouldn't know what to do > with a server certificate?especially if it's self-signed. > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup www.MoFro.BlogDNS.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071115/4aed04c2/attachment.html
