Re: Port 119 blocked at work and I want it opened

From: Leythos (void@nowhere.com)
Date: 11/26/02 

From: Leythos <void@nowhere.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:15:26 GMT

In article <jB-cnfM6Av8u5H6gXTWcoA@giganews.com>, rrkircher@hotmail.com
says...
> Leythos wrote:
[snip]
> > What reason do you need usenet for? I'm just kinda wondering. I
> > manage a large WAN and have never had a developer provide me with a
> > good reason for opening the ports for usenet traffic.
>
> Obviously you're not a developer or a help desk person... Let me ask you a
> question. While managing that big LAN have you ever gone to the Usenet to
> find the solution to a problem? Have you ever had an interactive
> conversation with someone in a NG regarding that issue?
[snip]

I've been a developer since 78, and using usenet since the early 90's. I
love usenet, but there is a major reason to NOT allow direct access to
usenet - BINARY FILES.

It has nothing to do with security and everything to do with bandwidth.
If you use a browser interface and google you can get the same
information, it's just not as friendly.

In order to make it not a bandwidth hog you would need your own internal
new server connected and restricted to specific groups - then it would
be a good thing to allow access to on the company lan. Problem is that
if you can get the same service via HTTP, then why spend the
money/time/resources to setup a company news server.

If it helps, I have a news server in my home so that my kids can get
news without all the binary/porn groups, but then I'm a little more of a
tech than most home users :) I block outbound usenet access except from
my workstation and my news server.

Usenet is great, and if it wasn't abused you would have access to it (I
did NOT say YOU abused it). 

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