[NTLUG:Discuss] Weird Connection problem

[Chris Cox]

Stephen Davidson wrote:

> Greetings.
> 
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> 
> steve at davidson:~> telnet www.epicrealm.com 80
> Trying 63.167.43.27...
> telnet: connect to address 63.167.43.27: Connection timed out



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> I CAN send and receive email from/to these sites, I just can't seem to 
> hit their webservers..
> 
> I am not sure that this is me.
> Scary concept - ZDNet uses M$ Servers.  I THINK so does Ananova.  Don't 
> know about EpicRealm.


Smells like you've got to use a proxy for web access....

Flush your iptables or ipchains if you haven't thought of that already.