[olug] OT - Internet

[Kelly Williams]

they had filtering service before but dropped it...

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Dan Anderson <dan-anderson at cox.net> wrote:

> Is having your ISP provide firewall protection a legitimate expectation?
>
> I haven't done ISP work in quite awhile, but my expectation is that your
> ISP
> would generally not filter your traffic (within whatever constraints you
> agreed to) - that they provide the access and you provide the security.
>
> Maybe this has changed.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > they have no firewall. I know one occasion that IP-COP caught over  6000
> > attacks that was from telnet, ssh, and some other port that I don't
> > remember...
> >
> > Kelly
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 22:33, Kelly Williams <
> kellywilliams81 at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > I got a certified letter from my ISP saying that July 31 2011 they
> will
> > > be
> > > > terminating my service because they say I was to demanding about my
> > > > services
> > > > and security. That when I put ipcop on that fixed the security
> issues.
> > > Can
> > > > a
> > > > ISP cut you off for no reason...
> > > >
> > >
> > > When you say "I put ipcop on that fixed the security issues", can you
> > > provide some background?
> > >
> > > Are they saying they specifically deny a firewall of any type to
> protect
> > > your home PC?
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
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