6 Mar
2002
6 Mar
'02
9:37 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com once stated:
I don't know about the other carriers, but I'm here to tell
you that RoadRunner (at least, it's incarnation here in Kansas)
really, truly, sucks ass:
1. They charge for basic cable in addition to my network
connection, even though I don't use the cable TV part.
To ``help'' you avoid getting arrested for cable fraud:
http://www.geocities.com/flutocracy/cablemodem.htm
2. ftp & http access to machines I have attached
to the network
is *blocked* ( can get in via TELNET; whoop, whoop).
HTTP is probably blocked because of Nimda and Code Red worms. When we got
a cable modem [1] I found out that they were blocking incoming port 80. I
was upset at first but I was then reminded of the various Windows worms that
are still very active.
FTP because the default server for most Linux distributions is a piece of
crap (wu-ftpd) that is easily exploited, would be my guess.
Or ... since this is a residential service you ``shouldn't'' be running
those services, right? Bloody providers---I want a pipe thank you. Not
hand holding.
-spc (And heaven help you if you change network cards ... )