Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:34:01
Message-Id: 20220809003345.747769b3@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info by Peter Humphrey
1 On Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:07:38 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2
3 > > Now, that said, the other ISP in the area also has a backdoor, and
4 > > they try to connect to it any time they're running diagnostics, and
5 > > if the connection fails then they reset the circuit. So your choice
6 > > is use one of their sanctioned models and leave the backdoor alone or
7 > > else have sporadic dropouts.
8 >
9 > Life isn't like that in the UK - at least, I hope not. I'm not aware of
10 > any such behaviour by my ISP.
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12 In the UK we get a choice of ISPs, so they have to behave, or at least be
13 more subtle about their misbehaving.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Make like a tree and leave.