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Re: Fwd: SlashDot: "Comcast Gunning for NAT Users" (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Thu Jan 31 20:43:29 2002

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:40:18 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: Ukyo Kuonji <kawaii_iinazuke@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Ukyo Kuonji wrote:

> >The question I have is, by the letter of the terms, is running ssh
> >a 'VPN'? Or if I use a VPN client to connect to my datacenters from home? 
> >Or is
> >it you 'hosting' a VPN?
> 
> What about running a VPN over a SSH connection?  Would that be considered a 
> VPN?  Or maybe we will see cable companies limit you to only surfing.  No 
> ports other than 80.

That'd be cool. They'd lose a lot of business that way.

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