Re: mksh (shell)

[Chris Taylor <chris at equate dot dyndns dot org>]

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Thorsten Glaser wrote:
>
> > Gerrit P. Haase dixit:
> >
> >
> > > Yes.  Fritz Box Fon.
> > >
> > >
> > > > These block 445/tcp/ipv4 totally, non-disablable and undocumentedly,
> > > > just to "protect" some Windows® systems.
> > >
> > >
> > > I cannot believe it.  Are there other ports blocked which I should be
> > > aware of?
> >
> >
> >
> > I have no idea. We just found this out by accident - I was at a
> > friend's place and wanted to install him jupp (a joe-editor fork,
> > another piece of code by me)...
> >
> > What about a written inquiry to AVM?
>
>
> It is incredible annoying to be patronized like a child, at least it
> should be possible to disable the blocking.   However, I have not much
> interest to start a discussion with AVM, and I have the option to use
> another line with another router which doesn't block any port.
>
> I found all Netbios ports but 445 configured in the main configuration
> file of the box, I could disable the blocking of 135 and 137-139 but
> not 445.
>
>
> Sigh!
> Gerrit

Well, while I've not come across confirmed cases of routers blocking 
ports, ISP's do. I know of several offhand, based in the UK.

It's all as a result of blaster, which was a result of bad coding from 
m$.. So no surprises there.

Chris

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