Subj : ISP blocks port 80
To   : Frank Reid
From : Time Warrior
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 10:49 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Frank Reid
  Re: ISP blocks port 80
  By: Frank Reid to Time Warrior on Sat Sep 17 2005 04:02 pm

 > To: Time Warrior
 > Re: ISP blocks port 80 By: Time Warrior to Frank Reid on Sat Sep 17
 > 2005 10:20:00

 >  > Haven't had any actually and the site has gotten alot of hits. Either the
 >  > all work at jobs with a good IT staff or they aren't shopping from work.

 > Not sure what "good IT staff" means... that's the default behavior of an
 > application-layer ("proxy") firewall, as it should be of any good firewall..
 > allow by exception, not by default.

 Exactly. A "good IT staff" would be able to receive a request to allow this 
or that port for this or that website and as long as that port isn't a 
security risk, it would be allowed through. To the best of my knowledge, port 
7820 does not hold any threat level.

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