questionable practices (was Re: [H-GEN] Which ADSL provider ?)

[Harry Phillips]

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Sandra Milne wrote:
> It was an accident that I didn't pick up until I asked a friend to 
> portscan me. I was very surprised though that he could see that I had 
> open ports and OptusNet had never sent us an email about it. They make a 
> big issue that they portscan us for our own 'protection' but they'd 
> never picked it up. Very strange that.
> 

You believed it was for *your* protection ROTFLMAO.... <wipes eyes> they 
probably do port scan but they don't care if you are wide open and 
vulnerable.

The only thing they would be looking for would be you doing something 
that you agreed you wouldn't and they would lose money because you 
aren't on a more expensive plan.

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Regards,
Harry Phillips

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     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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