Sympatico AUP

[James Knott]

Andrew Hammond wrote:

> Sure they'll notice excessive usage. And last I checked, Rogers had two
> active network scanners looking for open mail, news and web ports. You
> should be able to find their IPs with a quick google. I used to get
> scanned at least once a week.

One nice thing about udp based vpn's, is that they're hard to scan for.
 A non-responding upd port looks exactly like one that's blocked by a
firewall, that is no response whatsoever.

> 
> I happen to agree with their position. If you want to run servers, lease
> a box in co-lo or buy a service package which supports it.

I fully support the ban on public servers, as they may generate
excessive traffic. But what about ssh or vpn access to one's network?
Is that in fact a "server"?

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