| Mike Leone on Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:01:14 -0500 |
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Charles Stack (charles.stack@verizon.net) wrote this on 11 03, 02 at 12:43: > I had Telocity and they didn't limit anything. I had full access to my home > machine from whereever I allowed access through my firewall. > > I was a bit bummed when I moved 1/2 mile and found I was unable to get > Telocity BUT I could get Verizon DSL. When I spoke with the folks at > Telocity, they informed me that they subcontract DSL lines from Verizon and > that my current address was not in their list. > > So...here I am on Verizon DSL getting scanned and attacked everyday by > people looking for somebody else at my daily IP. Most of those attacks are > from KaaZa...something that I have never used nor will I ever use. I have > to NAT all traffic and have no open ports because I have seen even Verizon > scanning my system as they attempt to enforce their TOS. This limitation is > a real drag. But, the performance of Verizon DSL has been very good...I > just have to defer my plans until they either allow static IPs or another > provider can provide me with one. So dump Verizon as an ISP, and get somebody like DCA.NET as an ISP. 6 static IPs, and they don't mind you running Linux. And they don't block any ports. That's what I did, 2 yrs ago. Haven't ever regreted it. -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Member, LEAF Project <http://leaf.sourceforge.net> AIM: MikeLeone Public Key - <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.asc> Registered Linux user# 201348 Attachment:
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