Re: telnet ok, HTTP not

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On Tuesday 19 November 2002 11:37, Claudio Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Now, when I try to view my start page from another machine (lynx
> > 123.123.123.123:55555), I get a fast 404 not found error from
> > publicfile.
>
> lynx limiting access? I know that other webbrowser do not allow
> all possible port numbers in request for security reasons. So one
> cannot abuse the webbrowser for some attacks. E.g. mozilla will
> not let you use an URL like http://some.host:25/

Then it wouldn't display any page, would it? It establishes the 
connection, but publicfile spits a 404 error. 

The problem surfaced after I changed my IP (for the N-th time). But the 
links are there, the files are there, and publicfile is obviously 
responding...

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