>> OH? Why would my cable modem provider scan my box? What would they be >> looking >> for? > >My ISP scanned my box once, and I asked them about it and they told me it was >an accident, done by a new Linux box they had just set up because they were >considering switching to Linux. They told me the box would be shut down until >they found the problem, and that it would not happen again.
@home, the largest cable ISP in the US, *routinely* scans their customers, aggressively checking that no one is breaking their service agreement by running a server OF ANY KIND. -- *-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-*-^-* Michael Leone <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF PGP Key ID: 0x5AA5BCDF --