Re: VPN and broadband.
Walt Reynolds <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.vpn |
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There are rumors of this filtering, but no realities to it as far as I can tell. I can tell you specifically that comcast is NOT filtering those ports at this time. On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Joe S wrote: > My best guess is this: many companies are now filtering out IPSEC ports 50, 51 and 500 to keep VPN off their networks, unless you pay a premium. Comcast is one of the culprits, which has a major impact to many customers. Standard cable internet service is $30 a month, their pro service which does nothing more but pass these ports and allow you to host if you are so inclined. > > The moral to this story, if there is one, is that connection services are no longer going to offer the free ride that the 'Net is famous for. Time to change the business model, again. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Galeotos, John" <[email protected]> > Sent: Oct 1, 2003 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VPN] VPN and broadband. > > > Hello, > > Mostly I just read the list and try to digest the information, but > currently I've > run into a situation where I could use some help. We have one user > that has > never been able to access the VPN using his Bresnan broadband > account. > I have several users that utilize the same service and have never > run into any > problems. I suspect it is something physical at his home, whether it > is cabling > or something similar. This is coming from a stance of very limited > knowledge > about his set up. We did look at the laptop and we were able to get > VPN'd in > using dial up ISP. We are using Cisco client on XP laptops and this > is the > only PC that has had any problems. Possibly a network config > problem? Any > idea where I should go next? Just troubleshooting here so any ideas > would > be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > John E. Galeotos > _______________________________________________ > VPN mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/vpn > > _______________________________________________ > VPN mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/vpn > -- Walt Reynolds University of Michigan