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Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
Alex Salkever, Business Week 2001-11-20

Citing finicky configuration problems, the major high-speed providers discourage their use -- a backward and dangerous policy

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Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-22
Sjonnie
An ISP should deliver a Pipe, and if they have to do diagnostics, use less intrusive ones that do not interfere or trigger personal firewall, and most of all, if the diagnostic does not run properly, not disconnect the customer.

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