On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 21:39, Angus Lees wrote: > At Wed, 15 May 2002 16:36:15 +1000, Brett Jones wrote: > > Most known service ports under 1024 are blocked. This includes inbound tcp > > connections to ports 21, 22, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 6667, etc. > > yes. not being able to ssh directly into your box is one of the > biggest hassles i have with my pacific home *dialup* account. work's > pacific business adsl account doesn't have this "feature". > > i can understand blocking 25, 137-139, etc - but blocking ssh?
try Internode, their home ADSL product has the port blocking but it's optional and on by default. This way M$ weenies don't cause them headaches with open relays etc etc and people who know what they're doing can ask to be unblocked. http://adsl.internode.on.net Dave. (not a customer but only cos I can't get ADSL yet...) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
