Bold face lie in a clash at FCC hearing – port139online.com:139
What is http://port139online.com:139/ ?
- Port139online.com:139/ IS a website
- Port139online.com:139/ IS a protocol
- Port139online.com:139/ IS a service (a service that tells you if your ISP is providing a tampered, filtered, limited, and incomplete service.)
I started port139online.com:139 to annoy the tech support agents at Cox Communications. I subscribed to their business Internet service because the sales rep told me that absolutely NO port filters existed for business customers. I don’t know if the sales rep lied to me on purpose to meet a quota, or if she just didn’t have all the information.
After several phone calls to Cox support, I finally got them to admit which ports they filtered (both inbound and outbound). They offered to reduce my bill by 45 dollars a month, but they would not remove the filters. I’m now a Verizon Business FIOS customer and couldn’t be happier with my pure, unmolested Internet.
Shortly after my Shmoocon presentation, Comcast went before the FCC. An executive vice president for Comcast lied to the FCC commissioner and the rest of the panel, when he said:
“I’m going to say again, on the record in front of this Commission, Comcast does not block any Web site, application, or Web protocol, including peer to peer services. Period. Doesn’t happen.”
Oh really? Well http://port139online.com:139/ IS a website AND an application AND uses a WEB PROTOCOL… and guess what? Comcast IS blocking it.
Read more about it here:
And listen to the MP3 here: http://arstechnica.com/news.media/fcchearing25feb08.mp3
Reference: Comcast does block websites, ports, and protocols: http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2005/07/what-does-your-isp-block-only-low-cost.html
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15481407
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You can only visit http://port139online.com:139/ from Internet Explorer. Firefox blocks many ports.
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youre a fucking moron, tcp port 139 is netbios/Windows filesharing there is no fucking reason this port needs to be broadcast online or accessable online as it can be a vulnerability
It’s doubtful you, mister “networkguru”, know anything other then using google to find quick things to poke fun at (Even without comprehensive knowlege of the subject.) by skimming through lists of info. The point of this whole thing is that nearly ALL ports out there in common use today are not _officially_ assigned for any specific purpose, and should be usable for whatever purpose you damn well please, even if they are _commonly_ used for a different purpose. Not only that, but your thoughts betray your know-how implying name (Not that any serious person would ever actually _put_ “guru” in their name, let alone describe their own “role” to try and leave no question to as their ‘correct-ness’). It is doubtful that many, if _any_ real IT people would ever agree with your thoughts, simply because it betrays the underlying nature of the internet, as in, the whole “control not what passes through these networks, and allow entirety of access for all.”. (Not an actual quote, of course.)
Just because it _can_ be a vulnerability for UNPATCHED, RPM INSTALLS OF OLDER WINDOWS, does not mean that the we all must suffer some such loss, even if we will never encounter it without such probing. Yes, I admit, you do have somewhat of a valid point, but it is entirely destroyed by the fact that it shouldn’t be happening in the first place, and much more so without the customer being directly informed of such matters.
Anyways, if you need to resort to swearing at someone to make your point, chances are, your point doesn’t need to be heard.
Now that that’s out of the way, let me just point out that I _am_ behind a Comcast connection and I can confirm that this blocking is occurring. Of course, it is common knowledge that Comcast does all sorts of traffic alteration, so this comes as no surprise to me, but I suppose there’s nothing I can do about it at the current time.
networkguru,
We made a specific slide for guys like you. (Slide #32). When shmoocon makes the slides and video available I encourage you to check it out. You might find out that we know a thing or two about the lower bowels of ISPs.
-higB
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