@Home bans VPNS

David Croxford dcroxford at TICKETS.COM
Mon Aug 28 14:57:48 EDT 2000


I just called my cable internet provider, they hadn't heard anything about
banning VPN traffic so they called @home and were told that @home is not
banning VPN traffic but they wont be supporting it.

David Croxford
QC Analyst - Tickets.com
608-236-1017
dcroxford at tickets.com

-----Original Message-----
From:	Mike Forrester [SMTP:mikef at POCKETLINT.COM]
Sent:	Monday, August 28, 2000 11:18 AM
To:	VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject:	Re: @Home bans VPNS

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/551.html

Here's a law (are there others?) that pertain to this.  I haven't read it
yet, but maybe one of you more well versed in law can take a look...

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Horton" <jehorton at EROLS.COM>
To: <VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: @Home bans VPNS


> I wonder if it would be a valid lawsuit to sue @Home on the grounds of
> abridging your first amendment rights - namely that to free speech, much
in
> the same way that suits were brought against the HOA's for prohibiting
the
> use of Satellite Dishes in one's yard.
>
> At 02:27 PM 08/25/2000, Charles Finney* wrote:
> >As I understand things, ESP is protocol 50 and ISAKMP is typically
UDP=500.
> >under IPsec.  Encryption under IPsec for any purpose, VPN or otherwise
would
> >must utilize protocol 50 and likely will use UDP=500.  To filter VPN
traffic
> >would require the invalid premise that any IPsec encrypted traffic must
be VPN
> >traffic.
> >
> >The truth of the matter is my ISP sold me bandwidth.  How I use it is
none of
> >their business.  I understand the desire to cripple the service provided
for
> >financial gain, however the ISP marketed bandwidth and Internet
> >connectivity and
> >sold bandwidth and Internet connectivity.  That's what I expect to use.
> >
> >VPN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.COM
>
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>

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