Firewall question

[Thorny]

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. 

Yes, your browser would initiate a http request to port 80 on the remote
machine and it would answer back to port 80 on your machine. There
shouldn't be any problem with that. Show us the line from the firestarter
event logs that indicates the blocked connection you are asking
about. In addition, it would probably be a good idea to mention what
happens with the browser when you try to access the site, nothing; 404;
something else?