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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| Re: its about time said by en102  :
It's about time most ISP's start blocking the ports.
There's way too much spam out there being relayed. I think that those that 'need' port 25, can purchase a business style account, or use a form of webmail.
Actually they should block quite a few more:
21 - will stop people from transferring files they shouldn't
23 - will stop people from logging into systems they shouldn't.
80 - will stop the downloading of rogue ActiveX components.
110 - will stop people from getting infected email and spam.
143 - same reason as 110.
144 - will stop people from getting to the alt.binaries.* groups.
443 - will stop phishers from using phoney SSL certificates.
In fact now that I think of it, blocking 1-65535 would go a long way towards solving many of the problems with the Internet.
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