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  Re: skirting port blocking?
 
"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrnc3s027.249.....bu.edu... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] This is exactly what I do at work to reply to my non-work e-mail. Anything I send from my Mindspring account at (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: New MOC: "Prowler" Autonomous Battle Tank
 
(...) Speaking of Appleseed Soren, did you see the new Appleseed coming out? It is incredible!!! It is coming out this spring I believe. Cannot wait. David. (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
 
  Re: skirting port blocking?
 
(...) Yup, as I understand from the Windows folks, it was a nightmare. And stopping the outgoing flood means less people getting new versions of the mail, so it does slow down the spread. We just blocked it at BU for Resnet, but we do allow students (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: skirting port blocking?
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: skirting port blocking?
 
(...) Blocking outgoing port 25 doesn't do anything for security. At most, it means that infected machines can't be used to send out spam (unless they're using the U's SMTP server). But it won't stop anyone from *getting* infected. That said, it (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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