Random Port Blocking at Hotels (was: Re: quietly....)

Tue Feb 8 17:48:26 UTC 2011

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Derek J. Balling <dredd at megacity.org> wrote:
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> On Feb 5, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
>> I have told a hotel they need to install equipment that supports RA
>> guard as I've checked out.  This was a hotel that only offered IPv4.
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> Wow... Could that be any more of a waste of yours and their time?
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> This is like telling the cashier at the hospital when you're being discharged, "y'know, I'm not sure that they're using the proper stitch-knot in the ER. You should have someone look at that."
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> Do you honestly think that feedback is even *understood*, let alone passed on to anyone even close to the problem?
>

Well, around here the front desk would pass it along and it would
reach me; more so if they don't understand it.   Though if it wasn't
in writing, it would probably become unintelligible.

Am I in a position to do something about it?  Probably not.