Try running it on a different port. They can only catch for that if they port scan all 65k ports, and try an HTTP connection to each open port, which doesn't seem like a reasonable thing to do. I'd bet they just check for an open port 80.
John On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 14:23 -0400, Randolph Baden wrote: > I didn't tell them that I was running Linux, personally, that was my > roommate.. But we have discovered what the issue really is. > Apparently it violates the ToS to run a web server (which I didn't > know when we signed up for it), so that was the problem. Of course > this has nothing to do with Linux, except that now I have this > excellent photo gallery that I made that I can't even reasonably use > because 1) I practically need root access to install it anywhere, and > 2) I have about 2.5 GB of pictures, which doesn't even include the > thumbnails. > > GRRR. GRRR GRRR GRRR. > :/ > > Oh well, on the bright side at least I can view it on my own machine... > > On 7/1/05, Gary Ayvazov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the key is to never ever tell comcast (or any other ISP, really) that > > you're running linux. they want to find any reason to blame the crappy > > service on you. i cant count how many times my conversation with the > > comcast guys went something like this: > > > > me: my service is down. > > him: clear your cookies, and then reboot your computer > > me: *does absolutely nothing* alright, its rebooting. *service magically > > restored* > > > > they dont really like to admit how often it goes down. > > > > -gary > > > > Randolph Baden wrote: > > > > >I figure some people on here must have used Comcast at some point, so > > >I figure I should ask you all for confirmation about what those jerks > > >tried to tell me today. > > > > > >We finally had our service working after about a week of down time, > > >but it recently cut out, and Comcast is claiming that it's because > > >they don't support Linux. If you ask me this sounds like complete BS. > > > They said that some of our packets were considered invalid or > > >something so we were "wallblocked" or something similarly nonsensical. > > > > > >Since there's no reason that a packet coming from a Linux machine > > >(especially after going through the router) should be any different > > >than a packet coming from any other machine, I wanted to know if > > >anyone else has ever had this problem with Comcast, or else, if some > > >people have explicitly not had this problem with Comcast and instead > > >we found yet another incompetent Customer Service rep. > > > > > > > > >GRRR! And thanks. :/ > > > > > > > > >-- > > >-Randy Baden > > >AIM: Randofu > > >Cell: 301-751-5114 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -Randy Baden > AIM: Randofu > Cell: 301-751-5114 >
