[olug] OT - Internet

[Dan Anderson]

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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