John Young <jya@pipeline.com> writes:
AOL/PrimeHost has reactivated JYA.
AOL's story for the takedown is that our seldom used ftp component was being used by unidentified parties to traffic in warez and that it had nothing to do with the http part, "whose content does not concern us."
Still, it's odd we did not get a call about the problem as was done a few weeks ago for a similar warez invasion. At that time, we offered to close our ftp, but the PrimeHost rep said no, we'll monitor it, as we do other ftps. I specifically asked to be notified if it happened again, but wasn't. And it's not clear why it took a week for me to find out what was what. Or why not AOL did not just close the ftp and leave the http operating.
'Course, maybe the takedown was signal of distrust of JYA innocence. And a warning.
Thanks to the folks who offered more help than the teapot tempest seems to have warranted -- so far.
Sounds like bullshit. I urge you to find a more honorable upstream provider. Preferrably someone who gets connectivity off of AGIS, who doesn't censor content. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps