Meeble
join:2002-09-19
Champaign, IL | my thoughts let me hit some of the points I just read:
1. Almost every single user violates the TOS of every broadband provider. FTP, Games, File Sharing, Some SSH services all act as servers in their own way shape or form so debating that is hazy sometimes. I play counter strike and have hosted some games within the HL framework but technically I was still running a server to some extent 
2. email = I can't prove when it started but around Sept 2003 when ICMP was first disabled [ I'm on Adelphia] I started paying closer attention to things and I was losing emails left and right. No bounce back is going back to the sender and in some cases my emails are not getting back to them. I'm not the only one having this problem, and their not all on Adelphia. Maybe it's been going on for awhile but it's odd I noticed it creep up substantially around the same time ICMP was disabled - probably not related but still irritating. I think it has something to do with reverse DNS as that seems the only commonality to this point. Anyhow my long winded point is I stopped using Adelphia's email as my primary but if my port 25 was blocked I'd still end up screwed in the end with unreliable mail [I use web mail anyhow now but still]
3. I was the one user quoted with the 4+ year remark. To be fair some of the problems are relegated to my local area - still an issue but whatever. The latest stemmed from my VPN not being able to connect anymore after authenticating once ICMP had been disabled. I agree with whomever said lock it down but open up access to those who request it. With a smaller nbr permissible to use it - wouldn't it also be easier to monitor if someone was abusing it or the source of an attack ? |
