From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 4 17:47:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B9EB106564A for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:47:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp106.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp106.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 410C28FC19 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:47:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 91891 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2009 17:47:43 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:X-Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=HLfBYNfRe1/HfViQisPzTrBEnD7f+ZZ/WIaY0h+PBSJXW7yZFOjiqgOpwaUFr440IKpN5nzpMIF7FqGy9gX2YEh8x+P46G3lEQnYjr+290Ln+nLPnVvje9rnmEmHZITJs3KkpgXMaLaAgxf/Z5F5ooGwmWuMvosqgV+amWaiwf8= ; Received: from c-76-23-177-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@76.23.177.172 with login) by smtp106.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 04 Jun 2009 10:47:43 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: MIZv15MVM1lSSwtrSEzvC.dFLti8ZhoEcIdSjPLgyArr1zQXK7B0TIHXCdCD7jcIr50mSQVisICxU82pPblKc2TUWiSxVpCJoR.xO9i5FMAwWmyHe9fcBpzfWcznrYwp_fXGvfqoFRamPCzCNVXdHewaaPCMbUuLLxVGJEQ3nM419j9ad91uObwl2jxHBzfDLfvzHIfgOsoVBU8E3d1fDHejY49WdFVlEvlQcmbGIyqPFejZSoIMaocnxOWwjzYD5bvv_P5RtjTFucBgJAvZc8ON85164uN7jKMWn2.Mre9UXe1AnlXijW8.BNK5pC.ic.lGTVB8IYP_0LC01zE- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:47:32 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090604134732.32595d16@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20090604131017.a85fb456.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <4096aedd0906040923p6288e319ia083f47c7ccc29e1@mail.gmail.com> <20090604131017.a85fb456.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.2; i386-portbld-freebsd6.4) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/WVkI_4km.D/t91+GHEoPybd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Subject: Re: ISP questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:47:45 -0000 --Sig_/WVkI_4km.D/t91+GHEoPybd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:10:17 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: >In response to Mark Hartkemeyer : >> 4. What kind of hardware and software are you running? >> "Can't provide this, due to security reasons." > >That's the stupidest answer I've heard today. Actually, I had a Comcast representative give basically the same answer. Evidently, they are trying to discourage 'social engineering'' which is probably not such a bad idea. >> 7. Do you give complete access to the Internet, or do you block some >> ports? "Cannot provide this info, due to security reasons." After >> asking, I was told that I would be able to run a mail server and http >> server on my connection. > >That's the stupidest answer I've heard today (just trumped the previous >one). If they can run a mail & http server, they are obviously not blocking ports 25 & 80. I would like to know how they are handling MX setting though. >> 8. Do you have complete reverse DNS? >> (They didn't know.) > >Heh. Can they find the bathroom in the dark? Now the rep should know that, especially if the caller is inquiring about a business account. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Why do so many foods come packaged in plastic? It's quite uncanny. --Sig_/WVkI_4km.D/t91+GHEoPybd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkooCL0ACgkQBvaKIJWWCO3l2QCgnAzs/XIt8M32PayWXZ6ATnuD 4JUAn3RlNdi1KjKMsmLYqRjAp1Q/WvXG =U98i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/WVkI_4km.D/t91+GHEoPybd--