IP Port 80

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On Thu, 18 May 2006, James McDonald wrote:
> My ISP sends out email telling me they are shifting the DNS resolver to
> a new rack and don't worry our secondarys will be taking care of the
> load while it happens sort of messages. What I mean is the technical
> staff send the clients information on what is happening _not_ the
> typical flowery, written by a marketing hack stuff one gets from the
> larger ISPs. We have fixed IPs and about a 5GB plan and for about 1/3 of
> what Australian Telstra provides . I think they have implemented a
> system where if your box generates tonnes of spam every http request
> get's directed to a page saying clean your box or you will see this page
> forever notification. But other than that it's all open (happy contented
> sigh)
>
> I thought that ISP wanted people to publish content?

Not in the US.  Some provide 'webspace' for folks who want to put up
random stuff, but for the most part the assumption is that if you're at
home, you're surfing the web, listening to 'legal' music, and playing
games, and nothing else.

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