Lon Farenwald on Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:30:19 +0100


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RE: [PLUG] Comcast Crackdown


That sucks, but not unexpected. :( It would explain why I couldn't ssh into
my box this morning from work--I just assumed they were changing my IP and
it hadn't updated on dyndns.org yet.

Maybe they're just blocking incoming ports < 1024, so I could run ssh on a
non-standard port. Won't help with incoming email servers and standard-port
web access, though. :(

Comcast's switchover letter mentioned a Comcast.net Professional service but
I've yet to find any hard details on this service.

-- Lon

-----Original Message-----
From: W. Chris Shank [mailto:chris.shank@4webtech.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:09 AM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Comcast Crackdown


FYI: My cable modem connection is no longer allowing remote access
capabilities.
No HTTP,HTTPS,SSH or email server. I complained and asked if there was an
upgrade service which would allow me to have these services - neither got
any
results. Considering DSL is in the $160/month range - cable modem is still
the
cheapest alternative for high speed download combined with a dial-up for
other
remote services. yikes!

anyway- maybe if enough people complain, they will change the policy.

-chris

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