What kind of ports does cox block and for what purposes are they use? Reason I ask is I no someone with cox who has trouble with a vpn client. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:43 PM Subject: Re: pine > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have always heard good things about them. I just wish I could get > DSL in my neighborhood so I could hook up with them. I'm a Cognigen > rep and we sell Speakeasy and I would love to use them but... I'm too > far from my local central office so my line fails all DSL related loop > tests! So for the time being, it's Cox Cable with their port blocking <sigh>. > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 11:56:21AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Others may disagree, but I cannot countenance any ISP blocking ports on > > my account. I would regard this as a kind of denail of service and take > > my money to an isp that didn't engage in such parental practices. > > > > So, I will sing the praises of my isp, Speakeasy: > > http://www.speakeasy.net. No blocking, outbound or in. National service, > > dialup and DSL. Never a problem, in the years I've been a customer. > > > > As a matter of fact, I usually forget I even have an isp, until I see > > the charges in my monthly statement. That's my yardstick for judging an > > isp. > > > > Speakeasy doesn't care if you run a server--in fact they encourage you > > to do it. Want to resell your broadband to your neighbors over wireless? > > They encourage that too. > > > > So, with posts such as we've had the last few days, I have to ask: Is > > your isp cheating you? > > > > Steve Holmes writes: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Speaking of port blockage, I know of at least three ISP's in my area > > > that do this; more specifically, they intercept all traffic on port 25 > > > and if it isn't destined to their own mail server, it gets bounced > > > back as undeliverable. They even include a specific message telling > > > you that it must be sent through their MTA. Cox high speed internet, > > > the only high speed internet provider in my immediate area does this. > > > I have several linux and windows machines at my house on a LAN, they > > > all route mail to my internal mail host which runx Exim and I have > > > Exim configured to smart host all outgoing mail to Cox and it all > > > works well so far. Cox blocks even more inbound ports - namely FTP, > > > HTTP, Telnet and 25 SMTP. They don't seem to block ssh port 22 though:). > > > - -- > > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > > The best solutions for the best price! > > > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFCE8l+WSjv55S0LfERAtQLAKCaNy62264Ai3XrzWZokO+ALhTokACg2G0C > > > IYU/5XRcAAQGM8ILdnz7a/Q= > > > =RgTp > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCFRAXWSjv55S0LfERAu7wAKDFcerH83d9IhqzztrPGrb5rEi6IgCePr0r > xHPBO6fc8arMYdUpnYV9CcE= > =AXDs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
