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2kmaro
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Re: Insight AUP Violation
Well, Busted, you haven't said specifically what you are using/have set up on your system.
Did YOU receive one of them, and if not, then where did you get your copy?
There are a couple of ways a provider can determine if it appears you're running a server that they consider illegal:
#1 - watch your bandwidth usage. If upload usage starts hitting all time highs, then they can take a closer look and see what ports are open on your system and that gives them a real good idea of what type server you're running (80 or 8080 = HTTP, 21 = FTP, etc.)
#2 - make either a random or organized effort to connect to known server ports on IPs within their domain, when they connect, they know they've got a server.
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I think the point of the original post is to question what is/isn't acceptable use of the network.
Some things leave little question:
1. hosting a web site on http
2. game servers
3. ftp server (although I could see some users looking at it as a form of pcAnywhere/VNC)
4. providing mail service
the list goes on...
What about file sharing apps (Kazaa, Morpheus, Audio Galaxy) & remote connection programs (VNC, pcAnywhere, GoToMyPC, Remote Desktop in WinXP), etc...
I think there should be a distinct description of what is allowed, and what is not (P2P stuff...) | |
2kmaro
Think
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| Usually there's a sharp distinction between usage of the programs you've listed.
Some are general purpose "everybody is welcome" type of programs/servers: http, ftp, mail, P2P of various types. Yes, even gaming.
But the "tunnel" applications are normally used by people in a very small, relatively unchanging group: VNC, pcAnywhere, Remote Anywhere etc.
A lot of restrictions are put on, I think, because of the end purpose of the application. Money is playing in to it also. The big stink about p2p is all of the copyright violations that take place through it. The problem isn't that this is something new - years ago I thought very little about making a copy of an album onto cassette tape and giving one to a close friend or family member. But the sheer scale of the sharing enabled by the internet has added a whole new dimension to it - and groups like the RIAA see it as a threat and are using their very deep pockets to limit it any way possible.
I tend to look at it this way: if it is for my PERSONAL use and convenience and not something I've put up so that the entire internet community can use it, then the provider shouldn't have a real problem with it. But if I crank up a mail server or start enabling FTP of a bunch of audio or video files, then I'd expect to be in over my head in short order.
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