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

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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.

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