[OT]Re: ISP's that block port 80

[John Hascall]

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Barry Margolin <barmar at alum.mit.edu> writes:
> In article <dju8b5$1kt$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "Jeff" <jeep at rahul.net> wrote:
> > My point is, I realize bind is targetted for IP's, not ports,
> > however, it sure would be a nice addition to the RFC specs and
> > bind itself to add port numbers (somehow) as part of this service
> > and bypass companies raking in bucks just to have a small webserver
> > at your house.

> You seem to be confusing bind with the DNS protocol.
> Anyway, the DNS spec already has a provision for this, called SRV  ...
> But until browsers start using them, no one bothers to create them for 
> their WWW services.

In the meanwhile, you could use what is supported: port numbers in URLs.
For example, run your server on port 1234 and use URLs like:

    http://mysite.sucky-cableco.com:1234/mypage.html

John
PS, if you violate your Terms Of Service and lose your connection, not my fault.