On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 08:56:04PM -0400, Rob Wolfe wrote:
> not to piddle on anyone's parade but...
Aw, gw'an. Have some phun.
> Didn't we have this line of discussion just in the last week or two about
> Cable (or maybe it was another Redhat related list).
I think it was another list, but it's relevant here.
> I am going to jump in at the beginning and remind anyone thinking
> about doing this that they should read their service agreement very
> carefully as it is entirely possible that they are contractually
> forbidden to host servers on "home" ADSL lines.
Generally speaking, the DSL/ADSL providers are somewhat clueful, and
don't worry much about it. Possibly the best, in the US, at least,
is DirecTV, which not only doesn't have anything about servers in its
service agreeement, but acknowledges the presence of Unix & Linux in its
installation documentation. Moreover, they use DHCP as a mechanism for
initial IP assignment, but don't dynamically reassign IP addresses on a
whim (e.g., power loss)
Cable providers are most wired about restriction of service. The techs
will, in some cases, tell you the truth--for instance, I was assured
that AT&T Cable doesn't explicitly scan for servers, but will send a
nastygram if you're being a "bad neighbor" with excessive bandwidth use,
and it seemed to be the case--but it's catch-as-catch-can.
I, personally, never had a problem with AT&T Cable, but I just ran my
sendmail and web server for myself, and I blocked every IP address from
their corporate range, too, so I couldn't be easily probed. A friend
today just told me he didn't, and got a mild nastygram telling him to
shut down his mail server.
OTOH, RCN Cable is allegedly very, very nasty, really using DHCP to switch
IP addresses on something as trivial as a power cycle on the cable modem,
and actively and aggressively scanning for "servers".
YMMV. Essentially, look for a Linux/Unix-friendly provider if you can.
Otherwise, be religious about honoring the intended spirit of the agreement,
if not the letter, and tell them politely how silly they're being if called
on it; but be ready to move.
Cheers, and G'luck,
--
Dave Ihnat
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