On apturls and repositories

[Derek Broughton]

Remco wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Martin Owens<doctormo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No, it isn't.  HTTP is by definition over port 80 - or perhaps 8080:
>>
>> Is it? I didn't think is was the port that defined the protocol but the
>> nature of the messages sent over the connection. The port is a default
>> but not a requirement, like ssh or ftp.
> 
> For the record:
> 
> http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/ works in the browser.
> 

NOT IF ITS FIREWALLED!
-- 
derek