Hosting web / email through home cable connection?

[Kremlar]

Currently have Comcast cable connection at home. Looking at hosting a small website and/or mail server here.

I know that Comcast's 'terms of use' prohibits hosting servers on this connection, like probably most other home cable internet connection providers do. However, wondering what most people here find as far as 'real world' experience goes.

Do they monitor for this? How strictly is it enforced?

Thanks!
Mike

 

[Kremlar]

Nobody???

 

[deadseasquirrel]

i know Time Warner actively scans those ports. i generally don't run my ftp 24x7 for too long, but i switch ports on it often. never once got an email from them. give it a try. worst case, you can play dumb. i doubt they'd cut you off for a first offence. however, that being said, it would be a PITA to set it all up, publish it, and then havta bring it down.

deadseasquirrel

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Kremlar
Currently have Comcast cable connection at home. Looking at hosting a small website and/or mail server here.

I know that Comcast's 'terms of use' prohibits hosting servers on this connection, like probably most other home cable internet connection providers do. However, wondering what most people here find as far as 'real world' experience goes.

Do they monitor for this? How strictly is it enforced?

Thanks!
Mike

I am running a webserver and an SSH server from home using my Comcast Cable connection. The webserver is running on port 8080 and the SSH server is running on the standard port 22.

I really doubt that I have tricked them by using port 8080. I am sure if they care about servers that they already know about mine. I have been doing this close to a year and have never heard anything from Comcast.

On the same note, the only person who uses the SSH server is me and my webserver does not generate much traffic. So they may not care because it doesn't chew up too much bandwidth.

 

[Garion]

Most cable companies block traffic to port 80 (web) and port 25 (mail). I don't know if Comcast does or not. If they do, you can get around web by picking another port, but you're pretty much hosed on the mail.

- G