[lug] [OT] Qwest's changes Subscriber Agreement...

[Nick Golder]

On 2006-01-17 12:47 -0700, Bear Giles wrote:
> Does this include SSH?  (E.g., so you can retrieve forgotten files from 
> work or while on the road.)
> 
> That's an interesting question since I've had problems with clueless 
> Comcast service droids who didn't understand the distinction between 
> "hosting" a mail or web server (for public use) and "running" a mail or 
> web server for internal use.
> 
> So do you "host" SSH?  Technically, it's a daemon that listens to port 
> 22.  But unlike mail, web, nntp, etc., there's nothing of public 
> interest in it.
> 

When I called, "public" was defined anything that is accessible to the
public at large.  If port 22 is accessible /as a port/ to Joe Public,
then it is a public service /regardless/ if Joe can do anything useful
with it or not.  I found this to be too Draconian.

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-Nick Golder