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   Med Ley to DevilsPGD   
   Re: Possible to keep a network clean?   
   18 Feb 12 02:49:03   
   
   From: ml@whoami.com   
      
   On 02/17/2012 10:27 PM, DevilsPGD wrote:   
   > In the last episode of, Med Ley   
   >   said:   
   >   
   >> When I do an iftop, i see le100.net is constantly trying to connect. Of   
   >> course, it's only ~40B of data every time but it hasn't ceased for   
   >> months and I suppose it's the same for everybody as my ISP.   
   >>   
   >> I don't believe anybody needs services from le100.net. They're probably   
   >> crackers looking for open ports. Worldwide! And that's certainly because   
   >> many users have open ports.   
   >>   
   >> Some connections also come from Amazon. EC2 accounts, I suppose. Why   
   >> don't ISPs stop them right at their door?   
   >   
   > How would your ISP know what traffic you do or do not want?   
      
   Who do you think would want traffic from le100.net or the multiple EC2   
   amazon accounts that keep knocking for months every 10 seconds on all   
   computers on an ISP's network? It's too bad I can't forward it to you, I   
   would :)   
      
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