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Ken Beveridge posted the following info that was sent to him from
someone at @Home:

	> at this time, running a proxy server is against the
	> Acceptable Use Policy www.home.com/aup and you will have
	> your sevice terminated if you install a proxy server.

Just so there is no confusion:  By "proxy server", I assume people are
talking about a gateway / router / firewall system that allows a set of
computers (i.e., a mini-network in the subscriber's home) to have access
to the Internet via a single cable modem connected to the proxy server.
Right?

I just took a look at http://www.home.com/aup/ and found no mention of
"proxy servers", gateways, firewalls, NAT, etc.  The policy does, to be
sure, prohibit "servers", but my understanding of what it means is that
@Home customers may not run any software that accepts "inbound" network
connections initiated from the outside.  This is, of course, not what a
"proxy server" does at all -- despite the word "server" in the name.

I was seriously planning to get AT&T @Home (I live on the San Francisco
peninsula) -- but if I can't hook it up to the mini-network in our home
via a firewall router, I no longer see the point in exploring the idea.

Rich Wales         richw@webcom.com         http://www.webcom.com/richw/