[NTLUG:Discuss] McKinney AT&T @home port 80 blocked

[Patrick Parks]

On Mon, 2001-08-27 at 10:58, Stephen Denny wrote:


> This port 80 blocking began about 3 weeks ago, but it doesn't seem to have 
> been universally implemented across the country yet.  AT&T did issue a 
> statement regarding it.  Sorry I don't have a link handy.
> 
> As I recall, the statement said that these ports were not needed for the 
> consumer service they were selling.  My guess is they will use this 
> opportunity to permanently block inbound port 80 (web) and 25 (mail).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stephen Denny

FYI I found the link, although I do not agree with it. If I had a web
server up making profit, I would agree, but a personal web server, or
personal FTP or telnet is not unreasonable. Just my 2 cents.


http://home-members.excite.com/m_policies/attrulesoftheroad.html



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