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Re: skirting port blocking?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:18:53 GMT
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 | | Re: skirting port blocking?
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| (...) We have a lot of bandwidth. :) (...) Yeah, but with 97% of machines running MS OSes, I think the ISPs are sincere in saying that the main purpose of blocking port 25 is to stop the onslaught of Windows-bourne trojans/worms/etc. I know some (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: skirting port blocking?
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| (...) Well, it really *is* for security. Or, bandwidth-savings, at least. The alternative is to send armed strike forces around to install patches on every MS Windows system attached to the network every time a new hole is found. (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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