\_ SMTP quoth Bill Warner on 9/19/2003 09:08 as having spake thusly:
\_
\_ Yes they block it.  They also scan your system for running servers.  I
\_ had to run my web server on port 23232 just so they wouldn't bother me
\_ about it.

/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 68.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 24.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT 
/sbin/iptables -P INPUT DENY

along with some other happy rules and you'll worry appreciably less
about port scans from cox.

Yes, those blocks are overly broad for 'cox'.  They're sufficient for
my purposes and quite easy to say.  :-)

YMMV.  If you drop your net connection because of unwise iptable
manipulation, don't send me email to complain.  :-)

David