At least they are only blocking MS-centric ports. It sounds like they also are prone to not blocking ports.
ASh brian wrote: > > On Monday 15 September 2003 01:30 pm, Ashley Oviatt wrote: > > Hey, on that SP Fork internet, do they block ports? > > > > Ashley > > snip- > yes they just started see this page for more info > > >http://www.sfcn.org/sfcn/tech/techpage3.htm > > "FYI �| Because of this virus and warnings of others we have blocked all TCP > traffic on ports 135, 136, 137, 138, and 445. As much as we hate to block > ports for the entire system, we felt it was necessary in these cases. These > are the ONLY ports we currently block and I will list any additional ports we > block in these tech pages." > > and from page 2 > > " We tried to triple our Internet bandwidth this week but our provider had > technical issues and we had to backoff the upgrade (read delay). We will > attempt the upgrade again soon. This upgrade should greatly improve your > cable modem performance. After it has been completed and we’ve had a couple > of days to test we should be able to increase the maximum speed limit of all > cable modems to 3 mbps download and 1 mbps upload." > > but for $35 a month who's to complain.. and if you subscribe to their > basic/expanded cable they will sell the cable modem service for $28 a month. > > Now if only I could get xmission as the isp through sfcn's cable modem I would > be most pleased. > > Brian > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
