Cox Cable blocking port 80 and scans

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Author: Don Calfa
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Subject: Cox Cable blocking port 80 and scans
My mother-in-laws IP hasn't changed in over 2 months. In fact it's
still the same one when she started the service.

wrote:

>\_ SMTP quoth roland ibbetson on 9/19/2003 13:04 as having spake thusly:
>\_ Thanks for the information guys. There are always many ways to fix
>\_ or skirt an issue like this. I don't really want to pay for the
>\_ business line although they won't give me a static ip with the
>\_ residential so I may have to. So, excluding the new business line
>\_ what would be the best solution to this problem? And can I block
>\_ their scans or mask what I'm doing to avoid trouble with the #$%&!
>\_ pigs(cox cable)? Thanks for all your help!
>
>There are ways to some extent, but if you're paying cox for
>residential and you're not using it for residential, you're violating
>TOS and they can do what they will to you.
>
>FWIW, the IPs provided for residential are nearly static in my
>experience.
>
>David
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