Edward M. Corrado on Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:20:06 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] DirecTV DSL & Linux


John,

Thank you for your input, and in particular the nmap listing. Most of the
filtered ports shouldn't hinder what I would like to do.

Ed C.



On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, John Lavin wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:01:00PM -0500, Edward M. Corrado wrote:
> > Has anyone used DIRECTV's DSL service, and if so how would you rate
> > it? Did you have any problems using Linux with it? Also, have you had any
> > problems with them blocking specific ports? I really want to use
> 
> I run with DirecTV DSL.  I've been very happy with it.  I have my static
> ip address and I have had very little downtime at all.
> 
> As far as blocking ports, they do have some things filtered, but nothing
> too severe in my mind.  I know that Comcast and Bell Atlantic would be a
> huge step down.  Here's my nmap outside my firewall (and DirecTV) and
> judge for yourself:
> 
> Port       State       Service
> 21/tcp     open        ftp
> 22/tcp     open        ssh
> 23/tcp     open        telnet
> 25/tcp     open        smtp
> 53/tcp     open        domain
> 80/tcp     open        http
> 113/tcp    open        auth
> 137/tcp    filtered    netbios-ns
> 138/tcp    filtered    netbios-dgm
> 139/tcp    filtered    netbios-ssn
> 194/tcp    filtered    irc
> 389/tcp    filtered    ldap
> 636/tcp    filtered    ldapssl
> 993/tcp    open        imaps
> 994/tcp    filtered    ircs
> 6346/tcp   filtered    gnutella
> 6699/tcp   filtered    napster
> 8888/tcp   filtered    sun-answerbook
> 
> Regards,
> -john
> --
> John Lavin
> jlavin@ccil.org
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