Hi chuck, Just pinged you youlook good man. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > My ISP claims they do not block any other traffic or ports, only > ICMP packets, but I have an asymmetrical bandwidth that would > limit what services I could offer, and a dynamically assigned IP > as well. I guess there are workarounds for those limitations too, > but I am not interested in running accessible servers from here > right now. I think these nervous ISP's are trying to protect > their typical customers from their Windows OS problems. So we all > participate in the dumbing down of the internet. > > Would someone who can use ping please ping me and let me know if > I am here? Try 209.23.49.149 and let me know. > > Thanks > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > My former ISP, Sprint Broadband, was blocking all pings as far as I > > could tell. They also claimed security reasons. It is really a shame > > as people go along and fuck things up. First it is finger, then > > e-mail with all that spam and viruses and such, and now ping. Soon it > > will be impossible to trouble-shoot your own network in relation to > > the internet in general. My current ISP, Cox Communications doesn't > > block pings but they do block other popular ports on inbound to > > prevent personal hosting of servers but there's ways around that too. > > - -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (63% of Full) > In a world without Fences or Walls no one needs Windows or Gates. > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBQCtVVzVdG8M9x9tGAQLT+wP/cElH4jX9OkeV7Yf7cuTT+wqmQZwPFfXm > 0TdYAZmeKLD0lDSdwUXQdicWHxoAUL1IXIr0egkPS4Q//f3TKCmEUiycpN87YXEO > 8WZEYfVsxV9MzYwZyHWzcl1vTsb4IsX8frYPed+sxy9LOnnGnsWequjYLkZdDF5c > gIKGDgVIBAE= > =Cobo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
