[80143] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Port 25 - Blacklash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hannigan, Martin)
Tue Apr 26 14:27:32 2005
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:27:07 -0400
From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
To: "Nanog Mailing list" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Adam Jacob Muller
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:18 PM
> To: Eric Gauthier
> Cc: Paul Ryan; Nanog Mailing list
> Subject: Re: Port 25 - Blacklash
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> The fact that most people did not complain is not likely due to the =20
> fact that they were not annoyed by the change, but rather=20
> it's easier =20
> to simply get around it than it is to bother complaining to network =20
> admins.
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> For example, about 2 months ago, comcast decided to block outgoing =20
> port 25 from my entire neighborhood. I called comcast, and while =20
> sitting on hold I had the idea to setup a ssh tunnel to a machine at =20
> work and viola problem solved before anyone from comcast even =20
> answered the phone.
And comcast will happily allow this to be your
employers problem i.e. owned, infected, or spamming.
Paul was asking about ILG's and the political=20
backlash of blocking off-campus port 25 where the
ILG is using an ISP other than their school.
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(thanks SD, EG, MG, DD)
-M<=20
