[olug] OT - Internet

[Sam Tetherow]

As an ISP you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.  On the one 
hand for non-technical customers it is great as it helps with security, 
on the other if it is too tight or the customer is doing odd/advanced 
things you get complaints and support calls.

We went with the idea that if you have a static IP then you are wide 
open to the internet (other than the standard MS virus ports, netbui et 
al).  If you are not a static IP then you are nat translated at the 
border router.

On 7/1/11 4:50 PM, Dan Anderson 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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