[arch-general] Port 80 is shown open in port scan without any web server running

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from Thomas Bächler's message of 2011-03-30 12:57:45 +0200:
> Am 30.03.2011 12:48, schrieb Partha Chowdhury:
> >> The threat here is that your ISP will log every page visit you do and
> >> also has the ability to block certain websites.
> >>
> > Doesn't every ISP keeps logs of what sites its customers are visiting
> > for a certain amount of time ?
> 
> If you live in China, yes. In a free country, I would hope not. I am
> pretty sure my provider does not log such information and I think it is
> even forbidden by law.
> 
> I am also pretty sure that I do not sit behind a transparent proxy (I do
> at work, but not at home).

If you live in a civilized country in Europe data retention either is
already in place or will be rather soon. The US might have a different
approach but I doubt the net result is much different.