Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 18:34:04 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cable Modem Connection Message-ID: <19970827183404.50652@wakky.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970827141819.1189A-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from Tom Samplonius on Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 02:26:57PM -0700 References: <Pine.Sola.3.96.970827124521.9308A-100000@netra.tggh.net> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970827141819.1189A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 02:26:57PM -0700, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > Who needs a service agreement? Most cablecos just filter out inbound > tcp establish (syn) packets. This also breaks ftp, but nearly every ftp > client can do passive ftp anyhow, and cablecos probably prefer you use > their proxy cache anyhow. > I wouldn't think many cable companies do that; I know of at least one server that's on a cable modem on DALnet, and it works fine in both directions. It would be just too rude IMO to do SYN filtering; it would also break things like DCC in IRC, since it uses FTP-style port negotiation [feel free to move this to chat :)] -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD++^i WK+++r P&B++ SL++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code
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