Re: [NEWBIE]MY MUD WONT RUN!?!

From: Mike Stilson (mike@velgarian.sytes.net)
Date: 01/08/02


On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:20:54PM -0500, Karl B Buchner wrote:
>Try changing your mud's port to 23 and see if that
>works.  Your ISP probably (probably!) wouldn't
>block that as it is the standard telnet port. You could
>also try port 80 and other Internet related ports.
>
>Blaize

Actually, no.
If your (or his) ISP is as anal as lots are about running servers
then they'll be blocking standard ports (http/telnet/ssh/ftp/nntp/etc).

Port 80 is probably the MOST likely to be blocked, especially thanks to
nimda/code-red.

And even if they aren't blocking but their AUP doesn't allow servers,
then you really don't want a standard port anyway, since their little
automated 'security' scanners check those.

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