Re: Change telnet to another port?

The issue isn't one of who "owns" port 23.  The issue is that the ISP 
hasn't worked with you to understand the problems and how to work around 
them.  Too many ISPs have taken the attitude that if the connection isn't 
win-tel then you are on your own.   Some people suggest that is part of 
the Great Conspiracy.  Others suggest it is just a sign that the ISP 
doesn't know what is going on, so can't protect you from spam, etc.

In either event, the warning bells should be ringing.

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Booth Martin
boothm@earth.goddard.edu
http://www.spy.net/~booth
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email@james-w-kilgore.com (James W Kilgore)
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02/04/2000 09:16 PM
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If your ISP won't give up the port, IMO, I would find another ISP.

When we established our ISP accounts, we explicitly ordered it to be
used for telnet sessions.  The only situation for us is that we have to
configure the router ourselves. 

Since the router uses NAT to hide our AS/400 and internal network, and
telnet forwarding is turned on, noone from the outside can configure the
router.  Personally I kind of like that, but a PC from the inside can
manage it.

The bottom line is that they worked with us.

I guess, in the simplistic way that I view things, it is a routing
problem and should be handled by the router without changes to any
servers or hosts.
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