[DGD] Problems when not on localhost

[Keith Dunwoody]

--- Noah Gibbs <angelbob at monkeyspeak.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Erwin Harte wrote:
> > Some quick ideas:
> > 
> > - platform?
> 
>   Running Linux for the server, tried telnetting
> from FreeBSD and Windows
> boxes.
> 
-- SNIP --
> > - firewall?
> 
>   Nope.  Maybe at work, but that shouldn't affect
> outbound
> connections.  No firewall inbound.
> 

Two points:  Some firewalls DO block outgoing
connections, to prevent improper use of the computers.
 For example, at the university here, some computers I
used once seem to block all outgoing ports except http
and ssh.  Second, some Linux distros (like RedHat 8.0)
install a firewall by default, without prompting
during the install.

-- Keith

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