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Re: Cable Modem, Day 1: Elation and Nausea
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Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:21:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Erik Olson wrote:

In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Christopher Lindsey writes:

The cable modem solution is nice, but the security concerns and
inability
to run any kind of server onsite are two prohibitive for me.

[snip]

... am I also in trouble if I host an
Unreal Tournament game? The cable company is just challenged to draw the
distinctions.

And what if I just want to be able to access my home machine remotely?  To
do some direct file transfer, or whatever.

Steve



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(...) At least here with AT&T cable you're not allowed to. They supposedly portscan your systems to make sure. I know many people who have a tunnel/VPN set up to and from work to get around this, though... Chris (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Yeah. The scuttlebutt is that they (RoadRunner) consider a personal firewall to be a violation of their Terms Of Use--if "they" understand the issue beyond being scared of it. LinkSys personal routers are *right out*. This is all rumor, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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