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Oh. I didnt realize they blocked it outgoing too. You'd have to setup
a proxy regardless. Both sides need to speak ssl.
J.
When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 umweber@mcs.drexel.edu wrote:
> I don't want to allow access in, I want to get out! Not for any type of
> illegal purposes, I was just trying to use this client which goes along
> with Scour.net's search engine which searches window's shares that's all.
> What would be easier, setting it up over SSL, or setting up a proxy
> through a friend who has comcast@home, which the ports are NOT blocked?
> And does anyone have some good info they cam point towards to set either
> up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Jason S. wrote:
>
> > To clarify. They're blocking the SMB ports for external traffic.
> > This is a good thing. The reason they're doing it is two fold.
> > 1. It keeps network traffic down due to people inadvertantly
> > sharing their system to the world.
> > 2. Its a small measure of security for the home user.
> >
> > A friend was on their pilot program. People used to scan and
> > try to get into systems all the time. If they _didn't_ block
> > those ports, a good number of people would be in a bad position.
> > Your average home user knows nothing about "file sharing" and
> > whatnot.
> >
> > Further, if this is an issue and you want to enable SMB access to
> > your system for god knows whatever reason, you should setup
> > SMB over SSL. To my knowlege SSL isnt blocked.
> >
> > J.
> >
> > When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
> > I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
> > attitude.
> >
> > On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 umweber@mcs.drexel.edu wrote:
> >
> > > This is for the person who asked about Suburban@home cable service.
> > > I have had it since july, with absolutely no problems, it's fast and
> > > reliable. (Although of course I did have to put a windows box in the room
> > > I wanted it to be for them to install it). But there is one huge problem,
> > > Ports 137, 138, 139, and 1080 are blocked, so if you wanna set up a home
> > > network with Windows involved, or use samba, I think it may be a problem.
> > > I tried using scour media agent (http://www.scour.net) to get some files
> > > through, this client uses perl and samba to do so, and was unable to
> > > because of port 139 being blocked. (It downloads files of of Windows
> > > shares).. Which is how I found out about this little "issue"
> > > I get they want to discourage you from setting up a network, and would
> > > rather you buy additional IPs at $9.95/mo
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michelle Weber
> > > umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:06:29 -0400
> > > From: Support@Suburban.com
> > > To: michelle <mbw22@home.com>
> > > Subject: Port Blocking
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear @Home Subscriber,
> > >
> > > Yes, these ports are blocked. There is no ETA on whether these ports will
> > > be made available anytime soon. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you
> > > while using our service. Any other questions please feel free to contact us at
> > > 1.888.398.4547 between the hours of 7:00am to 12:00pm.
> > >
> > >
> > > Technical Support Staff
> > > Support@Suburban.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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