Subj : ISP blocks port 80
To   : Deuce
From : Time Warrior
Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 01:00 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Deuce
  Re: ISP blocks port 80
  By: Deuce to Time Warrior on Mon Sep 19 2005 07:01 am

 > To: Time Warrior
 > Re: ISP blocks port 80 By: Time Warrior to Frank Reid on Sun Sep 18
 > 2005 10:49:00

 >  > Exactly. A "good IT staff" would be able to receive a request to allow t
 >  > 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,
 >  > 7820 does not hold any threat level.

 > A good IT staff wouldn't open a port because someone wants to shop for
 > jewelery... a good IT staff would suggest he find a different site or use hi
 > home computer.

 A good employee would be working, not shopping for a diamond durring work 
hours at their desk, which no offense, invalidates your example :-)

 > To the best of my knoledge, port 7820 does not hold any usefull purpose, so
 > should be disallowed.  You open usefull ports.  By closing "bad" ports, you
 > always a step behind the latest exploits.  By closing all non-usefull ones,
 > you're a step ahead.

How so? It serves the purpose of being able to run more than one web server.
What about people who's web based router configs are on 8080? Or people who's 
isp's BLOCK 80 and 8080 because they know that 8080 is a universal alternate 
port?

I think 7820, or any other choice is a good choice when you can't avoid using 
an alternate port. It's better than not running it at all.

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