RE: [cobalt-users] re Code Red Storm (Bradley Caricofe)

[SteelHead <brk@xxxxxxxx>]

Subject: Re: OT RE: [cobalt-users] re Code Red Storm (Bradley Caricofe)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:30:36 -0400
From: SteelHead <brk@xxxxxxxx>
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>


On Friday 10 August 2001 11:03, Dan Kriwitsky wrote:
> > In those agreements, Carrie, a "server" means "server software".  I can
> > run W2KAS while dialed into earthlink.net all I want; it's only when I
> > use my email server to receive or send emails via smtp that I'm running
> > a "server" (for example).
>
> As far as @Home goes, or in this case Comcast@Home one only need read the
> subscriber agreement to see what you can and can't do. There's a lot you
> can't do with their residential service:
>
> http://www.comcastonline.com/subscriber-v3-clr.asp
> Just scroll down to 6. Prohibited Uses of the Service.
> They used to, (maybe they still do),  scan *their* network for news servers
> after @Home was threatened with a UDP, (Usenet Death Penalty), because so
> many customers had open proxies allowing Usenet spam. The point being, it
> is *their* network so they can tell you how you can use it or you can get
> access someplace else.
> --
> Dan Kriwitsky
> 

I am mostly in agreement with Dan here.  Servers that have the potential for
abuse *must* be controlled to keep the network useable.  In any siuation
almost all windows based servers are subject to abuse.  As *only* windows and
Macs are supported/allowed on the @home network, in theory, the restiction of
no servers is very valid.

It matters very much what uses are allowed in the contract, and the rationale
is also valid, so if you want/need more, go elsewhere.

go dan!

bill

and.....
here is a snip that just made it to my mailbox, just to add to the validation 
of dan's comments.

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[2] "Code Red hits DSL routers, cable-modem networks"
Code Red and Code Red II are slamming away at Cisco DSL routers on
the Qwest network, knocking them offline. The routers include an
embedded Microsoft Internet Information Server interface and Code Red
and its variants prey on flawed versions of the server software.
Cable-modem networks are also reporting slowdowns because of the high
volume of traffic the worm generates. Customers are being
disconnected from cable networks while the worm is removed, according
to representatives from some networks.

SOURCE: Network World Fusion
http://idg.net/ic_665047_1794_9-10000.html

Bill