Subj : Re: Server troubles??
To   : Digital Man
From : Finnigann
Date : Tue Jul 11 2006 07:25 pm

-=> Without Deuce's permission:  Digital Man wrote to Finnigann <=-

 DM>   Re: Re: Server troubles??
 DM>   By: Finnigann to Digital Man on Tue Jul 11 2006 04:42 am

 > -=> Without Duece's permission:  Digital Man wrote to Finnigann <=-
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Re: Server troubles??
 >  DM>   By: Finnigann to Digital Man on Mon Jul 10 2006 11:00 pm
 >
 >  >
 >  >  But if that's so, why do the links work for me?
 >
 >  DM> If "for me" means, from the same computer or from another computer on
 >  DM> your local network, the answer should be obvious: because your ISP
 >  DM> isn't involved in your local network.
 >
 >  >  http://bnb.synchro.net and bnb.dtdns.net both work fine here...
 >
 >  DM> I'm not sure where exactly "here" is.
 >
 >  From the same machine as the BBS sits on.
 >
 >  But doesn't the page call have to go out to a DNS machine and then back
 >  to me? Unless there is a HOSTS file, that is. (There isn't one)

 DM> Yes, but all that does is resolve the hostname to an IP address. Your
 DM> browser will then connect to port 80 on that IP address, which is the
 DM> same computer the server is on, so the ISP isn't involved.

 >  If I were using localhost as an address, I wouldn't expect it to even
 >  need to be connected to the internet at all. (But that's not the case
 >  either)
 >
 >  Clearly something is at work here that I don't fully understand.

 DM> Your ISP isn't blocking outbound DNS requests. That much is clear. But
 DM> has nothing to do with whether or not they're blocking inbound port 80
 DM> requests.                

  T h e m   B a s t a r d s !




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