Cox Cable blocking port 80?

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Author: Bill Warner
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Subject: Cox Cable blocking port 80?
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.


On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 09:01, roland ibbetson wrote:
> Hello everyone, my name is mark and i'm new to the area and your group.
> I have cox cable and was wondering if they block port 80 for any reason.
> I have set up an apache webserver on slackware. Everything works fine
> within my network, behind my router. From the outside i can ssh, ftp,
> etc but cannot get to my website via port 80. I know that my router is
> set up correctly and is correctly directing the http to my server. If
> anyone has any suggestions i'd be open to them. I don't really want to
> call cox bcause then i'd have to deal with their issues with routers and
> multiple computers and who knows what other nonsense. Thanks for your
> help!
>
> Ibby
>
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