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Re: [PLUG] identd question
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:30:22AM -0400, Beldon Dominello wrote:
> Charles Stack wrote:
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> > Stupid question, but does the @home network allow you to use IP Masquarade?
> > Can they filter out those packets and effectively shut you down?
> This came out on /. recently when they e-mailed rule changes to all their
> users. Strictly speaking, the @-home rules do not allow masqing (something
> about "don't use the connection as a hub on a non-@-home network"). I do know
> they routinely portscan all users' machines to see what services are active
> (the rules prohibit web hosting as well).
I don't think they can actually tell if you're doing masquerading though.
And you can use your firewall to block those portscans from @home :)
A friend of mine was running a webserver on her box over @home for a while
(Microsoft Personal Webserver or something, on win95... ugh.. but it made
her happy)
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