Running Web server on ATT BroadBand

[prw at prwdot.org (Peter R. Wood)]

on 11/30/01 8:31 PM, David Kramer at david at thekramers.net wrote:


> It is against the current terms of service (TOS) agreement to run any kind
> of server.  They been blocking port 80 on a case-by-case basis.  They also
> have been removing the DNS entries for some users, so nobody can find your
> machine except by IP address.

Actually, this blocking of port 80 falls under the Terms of the @HOME
agreement. AT&T's own service agreement says that they take no
responsibility for users running servers and won't support it, but they do
permit it. However, AT&T also says that you may be bound by the terms of
other agreements subject to change without notice. This includes the @Home
agreement. Now, since @Home is going away, I am *hoping* that the @Home
agreement will be dropped entirely and that this no-server clause will not
be integrated into AT&T's agreement.

Peter