Still trying to get my site up!
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
chad at shire.net
Wed Jun 29 06:13:30 GMT 2005
On Jun 28, 2005, at 11:58 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> But with port 25 your ISP really has it backwards. The block is
> supposed
> to be for OUTBOUND traffic for a DESTINATION of port 25. This
> prevents
> your ISP from hosting spammers and viruses. Blocks on INBOUND traffic
> with a destination of port 25 are useless.
I don't see how this is any more useless than INBOUND port 80
blocking. It prevents the cable subscriber from setting up a pr0n or
warez FTP site (or a legit ftp site for that matter).
Chad
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
Your Web App and Email hosting provider
chad at shire.net
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