| Brent Saner on 26 Nov 2007 09:23:20 -0000 |
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the last i read on these was perhaps 6 months ago, and it's possible verizon has taken a different approach (and seems to have, reflecting from blog posts and forums). first off, i found this interesting: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:iz6-klsY3wAJ:www.netcaucus.org/events/2005/telecomvoip/one-pagers/verizon-voip2005.pdf+verizon+blocking+ports&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=13&gl=us&client=firefox-a (it's an html of a pdf gratis google) and while not completely related, this offers a nice article on the philosophy behind opening ports: http://www.ops.ietf.org/lists/voip-peering/2005/msg00014.html now that those are out of the way, i found an interesting post at http://www.broadbandreports.com/comment/2568/52652 : "Verizon opened 80 fairly recently. at least at my location (central mass.) Verizon had more ports blocked than any other IP out there. most of their customers need theses ports open (mostly for gamers); so in response to all the problems, and no getting around the blocked ports, Verizon opened all their ports; except those used for dial-up. Too many complaints over the years, too many people threatening to switch, and too many other broadband problems finally caused them to open their ports. instead of west to east, like everything else they've done; they're working from east to west on this one. that was the latest i heard on that one. one huge article about Verizon, and all their faults, praises, do's and don'ts, problems and fixes over the years; from a business magazine i came across." this post was made in the tail end of 2005; i may very well be going on out-of-date information, it seems. i've also come across this: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/469092836/m/111003736731/inc/-1 in particular, "well, interesting ports like 25, 80, i think. port 22 (SSH) is open though. and i suppose that 23 is also. I haven't tried 137-9. i ran a mud from it before, in the 4000 range, but 80 was definitely unavailable, which was a bit annoying. and having an ip address which changed much more frequently than DHCP'd RCN was also not very good for receiving mail anyhow. so no, not all incoming. just the usual suspects." again, this was posted tail-end of 05. so i think i'm just running on out-of-date information in my assumptions. :) On Nov 26, 2007 3:55 AM, zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com> wrote: I'd like to read these stories, since I've generally heard the -- Brent Saner 215.264.0112(cell) 215.362.7696(residence) http://www.thenotebookarmy.org Bill Gates is to hacking as Sid Vicious was to the Sex Pistols: no talent, everyone hates him, and he's just in it for the fame and money. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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