Subject: RE: Problem Connecting via https Over Network and Internet

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:33:20 +0100

Easier still, use "setup" on RedHat and select the second option "Firewall
Configuration". This gives you a more user friendly configuration tool. You
can even turn the firewall off this way!

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John Airey
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Is the statement 'There is no such thing as truth'  true?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. DuFresne [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: 06 August 2002 02:19
> To: Peter Viertel
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: Problem Connecting via https Over Network and Internet
> 
> 
> 
> I believe they are located under the /etc/initd or /etc/rc 
> directories as
> the firewall is uppped on boot.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron DuFresne
> 
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Peter Viertel wrote:
> 
> > Ah! we have seen this before with redhat - when you install 
> it, you get 
> > the option to configure a firewall with iptables, and maybe 
> it seemed 
> > like a good idea at the time - its got to be the problem - 
> your netstat 
> > shows the LISTEN and some unixes do show 0.0.0.0 instead of 
> the * that 
> > I'm used to on Suns so there *is* something listening but 
> the telnet 
> > shows its not visible from the outside of the network stack...
> > 
> > I'm not a redhat sorta guy, but millions are - anyone else 
> know where 
> > the redhat iptables config files are?
> > 
> > Alicianiah L. Cherry wrote:
> > 
> > >Why would a telnet connection to port 443 be refused?  Any 
> suggestions?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Alicia
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: [email-masked]
> > >[mailto:[email-masked]]On Behalf Of Cliff Woolley
> > >Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 6:15 PM
> > >To: [email-masked]
> > >Subject: RE: Problem Connecting via https Over Network and Internet
> > >
> > >
> > >On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Alicianiah L. Cherry wrote:
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>tcp	0  0    0.0.0.0:443    0.0.0.0:*    LISTEN
> > >>
> > >>Seems like port 443 is not listening.
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Actually the presence of that line in the netstat output 
> means exactly the
> > >opposite... it *is* listening.  The 0.0.0.0 means it's 
> listening on all
> > >interfaces.  LISTEN tells you that the socket is in the 
> listening state.
> > >
> > >--Cliff
> > >
> > 
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