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Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« on: October 22, 2007, 12:56:29 PM » |
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So, some folks may have read the news that Comcast is blocking file sharing applications like Bittorrent by faking RST packets and killing connections: http://www.eff.org/deepli...ging-packets-to-interfereWell, its one thing to piss off some kids and such - but now Comcast may have really stepped in it... by doing the same thing to Lotus Notes traffic: http://kkanarski.blogspot...g-lotus-notes-update.htmlI don't use Notes anymore, but I'm sure as hell glad I'm not in Comcast territory. To have a company I pay for Internet access to block portions of that access for no other reason than to promote a more expensive option (business class service) - I'm calling bull*feces* on that!   |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2007, 01:06:48 PM » |
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LOL at the comments: "...tunnel SSH over HTTP" "...why in the world are you not using a VPN client to encrypt all your traffic in the first place?" "...get frame-relay." Well, that last one was me.  Still, to suggest that users should jump through hoops to use Notes over a paid connection is ridiculous. If they want to transmit/receive in the clear that's their business. Comcast apologists. |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2007, 01:30:03 PM » |
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LOL - I didn't even look at the comments. In any case, I do not think Notes traffic is 'in the clear' anyway. There is a web interface, but like you said - why jump through hoops to use a connection you're paying for? frame-relay - lol - ya chit disturber! Its all MPLS these days - get out of the 90s!  |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2007, 01:38:42 PM » |
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frame-relay - lol - ya chit disturber! Its all MPLS these days - get out of the 90s! Hell if I know. I just put the pointy thingy in the pluggy thingy and press go. |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2007, 01:39:16 PM » |
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get out of the 90s! That has to be one of your favorite phrases. |
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2007, 01:49:54 PM » |
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get out of the 90s! That has to be one of your favorite phrases. Not really - its just fit a few times recently  For instance, I just got us project approval for one of my projects recently and the project leader (I'm the technical guy) wanted me to send the approval committee a memo to update them. A memo?, I asked. That's so 80s. |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2007, 01:50:23 PM » |
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get out of the 90s! That has to be one of your favorite phrases. Indeed. Rick's a... ... and proud of it. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2007, 02:05:27 PM » |
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get out of the 90s! That has to be one of your favorite phrases. Not really - its just fit a few times recently For instance, I just got us project approval for one of my projects recently and the project leader (I'm the technical guy) wanted me to send the approval committee a memo to update them. A memo?, I asked. That's so 80s. So what you're saying is that you're also critical of people and their choice of words?  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2007, 02:14:22 PM » |
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get out of the 90s! That has to be one of your favorite phrases. Not really - its just fit a few times recently For instance, I just got us project approval for one of my projects recently and the project leader (I'm the technical guy) wanted me to send the approval committee a memo to update them. A memo?, I asked. That's so 80s. So what you're saying is that you're also critical of people and their choice of words? Not critical... but mocking. He got a chuckle out of it too - thats just how I roll  |
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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2007, 02:20:08 PM » |
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get out of the 90s! That has to be one of your favorite phrases. Not really - its just fit a few times recently For instance, I just got us project approval for one of my projects recently and the project leader (I'm the technical guy) wanted me to send the approval committee a memo to update them. A memo?, I asked. That's so 80s. So what you're saying is that you're also critical of people and their choice of words? Not critical... but mocking. He got a chuckle out of it too - thats just how I roll A serious reply to post in jest is contradictory to this statement. |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2007, 02:57:00 PM » |
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Its all MPLS these days - get out of the 90s! [Fletch voice]It's all ballbearings these days.[/Fletch voice] |
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Re: Its Comcastic! (NOT!)
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2007, 03:17:12 PM » |
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Its all MPLS these days - get out of the 90s! [Fletch voice]It's all ballbearings these days.[/Fletch voice] Oh yeah baby - you got it! (+1) |
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