Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] optus cable hosting website

[Matt Hope <matth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 07 Jul 2001, Ken Foskey <foskey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...

: > Optus portscan. If they find port 80 open, they'll cut you off.
: 
: 
: What IP address do they use for the portscan, a simple firewall rule 
: could fix that :-)  They also scan for mail server ports.

From what I have heard, they portscan from random ips. Whats more is they
have traffic records - seeing a bit of traffic going to port 80 on your
computer is likely to trip some alarm somewhere.

: I was told over the phone that there were no restrictions to running a 
: server on my system, the web paints a slightly different picture 
: however.  Don't you love the guys on the end of a sales phone that have 
: absolutely no idea.

A O@H sales drone said that ? hmm.. I'd say they are full of crap. 

/dopey

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