Firewall question

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:06 PM, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:56:38 -0700
> Thorny wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:56:49 +0000, R Kimber wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:25:42 -0700
>> > Thorny wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:46:04 +0000, R Kimber wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > My firewall is blocking a particular website
>> >> > (www.pollingreport.com) despite the fact that I have set up no
>> >> > rules for it to do so.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm using Firestarter on 8.10 and I can see the IP listed under
>> >> > Events -> Blocked connections
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone suggest what the problem is?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> Perhaps it is not a problem at all, perhaps it is a feature. If
>> >> your system didn't request a connection to that server, and the
>> >> server was trying to connect to a port on your machine, then drop
>> >> the packet would be a reasonable response for a firewall.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Obviously I'm trying
>> > to see the website.  Why would the browser not request a
>> > connection, and only not request it on that particular website?
>> >
>>
>> From your question it was not at all obvious what you were trying or
>> not trying. Actually it's still not exactly clear. It's always a good
>> idea to remember that people on the list are not looking over your
>> shoulder at your screen and thus you need to present a good idea of
>> the actual situation. From the context of your post I assume that you
>> have tried to browse to that site, but you haven't mentioned what
>> happens or any error report you've seen.
>
> The firewall is blocking it.  There's no error. If there was a 404,
> there surely wouldn't be any block. The message from Firestarter is
>
> Date port source protocol service
>
> Mar 9 16:45:49 52959 174.132.128.187 TCP unknown
>
> In the browser, nothing happens for a while and then it (or maybe one
> of the plugins) reports a network timeout. I can ping the server OK.
>
> - Richard
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Am I missing something or 174.132.128.187 is not www.pollingreport.com ?

I presume, of course, that you can access the site if Firestarter is disabled.

L.