On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 11:49:21AM +0900, Antony Stace wrote: > What about Optus's Cable and DSL services.
Optus Cable has been wonderful. (Un?)arguably, the best out of all the broadband services. Reliable, fast, and somewhat expensive -- but not even approaching some of the prices of the ADSL services for what you get. > Anyone know if they block ports which are used in popular video conferencing >software(NetMeeting, Gnome Meeting) or telephone software? Optus block port 80 and 139, which shouldn't really affect you. If you _really_ need to run a webserver at home, you can always run a https server (port 443). They may block a few more since I've last checked, but I think that's it. > What about ssh, is that port blocked? No. Keep in mind that you are not meant to run services on your computer, though, and ssh is strictly speaking considered a service. (One person on this list has had his account suspended or terminated because of this ...) So if you are going to go with Optus, be smart and firewall up your box very tightly. Optus have been rumoured (verified?) to portscan occasionally, although this policy may change now that Optusnet is managing them, rather than Excite@Home. Be sensible; firewall off everything and run those 'essential' services (i.e. ssh) on non-standard port numbers. For the service that you get, it's a small price to pay. -- #ozone/algorithm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - trust.in.love.to.save -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
