gzphreak
join:2008-04-08
Sterling Heights, MI
 ·WOW Internet and C..
|  Port Blocking!
Just got off the phone with tech support(which has been rather nice) after finding out WOW was blocking SSH. Their final answer after going through many lame excuses was they blocked inbound traffic on the SSH port to protect their equipment. This is a cop out! There are numerous methods to prevent unauthorized access to their crap. Tech support was unwilling to file a complaint any further. Does anyone know how/who I could write a polite nasty-gram to in order for my voice to be heard?
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parkut
Crunch Addict
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join:2001-12-15
Harrison Township, MI
clubs: 
·WOW Internet and C..
 ·AT&T Midwest
| If true, there's an easy work around. Change the listening port to something else - either in your router, or in the ssh server
»www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ss···ing+port
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hamburglar_
join:2002-04-29
Columbus, OH | reply to gzphreak
Still working here. |
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bewale
Killemall
Premium
join:2000-08-08
Royal Oak, MI
clubs: | reply to gzphreak
SSH is still working for me too. Suggest you look for other problems.
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"In a world of compromise, some don't." |
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aes128
join:2003-12-19
Saint Clair Shores, MI | reply to gzphreak
Works fine here as well... |
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FileShackOrg
join:2005-01-26
Lincoln Park, MI | reply to gzphreak
OP is referring to inbound as in running ssh on a home computer and connecting to it remotely I believe. |
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bewale
Killemall
Premium
join:2000-08-08
Royal Oak, MI
clubs: | So am I.  |
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parkut
Crunch Addict
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join:2001-12-15
Harrison Township, MI
clubs: | reply to gzphreak
I can confirm that try.wideopenwest.com is not blocking inbound port 22 (ssh) traffic. |
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gzphreak
join:2008-04-08
Sterling Heights, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
edit:
April 10th, @11:05PM
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I am running my SSH server on port 21 now... 
I did confirm with WOW customer service that they are blocking it(as mentioned above.) I am pretty confident it's not a problem on my end. I tried a few different computer both behind a NAT device with port forwarding and another hook right into the cable modem. I had been using SSH before with no problems.
I was able to nmap myself from a friends computer and found where ssh was getting blocked, a WOW router one hop from my cable modem.
Outbound ssh is fine. They would be extra retarded to block that as well. |
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aes128
join:2003-12-19
Saint Clair Shores, MI
| reply to gzphreak
Well, I am also in Michigan and port 22 is NOT blocked for me. I can SSH into my router with no problem at all. So if WOW is blocking this port, it's on a selective basis. I am at work now and just did an SSH connect to my home router to check and this worked fine. |
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bewale
Killemall
Premium
join:2000-08-08
Royal Oak, MI
clubs: | Same here. If WOW truly is port blocking 22/tcp (SSH) inbound, then it's only a very selective group of users impacted.
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gzphreak
join:2008-04-08
Sterling Heights, MI | reply to gzphreak
Maybe I can use the fact that other WOW customers are not being blocked as ammo to figure out exactly why I am having this problem, or get it fixed! |
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magmaikh4
join:2006-01-20
Westland, MI
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April 12th, @01:39AM
| Don't use port 21, that's ftp and ftp is a bastard protocol that takes special handling in firewalls.
Use something high, 8022 is a common 'next best' for sshd if 22 isn't available.
Another thing to keep in mind... sshd has had several exploits and unless you've dumped OpenWRT onto your router the sshd version on it is going to be old.
It's possible they blocked port 22 until they fixed their sshd's. |
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gzphreak
join:2008-04-08
Sterling Heights, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
| hehe, Im not to worried about using the FTP port at all. I use Linux as my NAT firewall. OpenSSH does not have _that_ many "security holes" for them to be worried about it. I would be more worried about blocking ftp or tftp(if that's how they flash their hardware) which does not use secure communication to authenticate. |
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