[NCLUG] A question about a web server and broadband.

Mike Loseke mike at verinet.com
Wed Feb 20 11:12:31 MST 2002


Thus spake Sean Roberts:
> 
> On Wednesday February 20 2002 8:40am, you wrote:
> > Naw, I've got dynamic IP from ATT and it's never changed in a two years,
> > go for it.
> >
> > Also to my knowledge it was @home that was blockign those ports, and ATT
> > isn't doing it anymore
> 
> I'm not sure ATT or @home were ever blocking port 80 SYN into their subnets.
> I say that because I have always had (before and after the change over) a lot 
> of attempted connections to my port 80 show up in my firewall logs.  I never 

 Probably probes from internal AT&T/@Home NIMDA (or similar) infected machines.


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