Re: What blocks access to my host?

[Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com>]

I got a bit further now. I'm not sure how I did it but I can connect
locally (inside the firewall) to all ports that my machine listens to
EXCEPT the port 25. Can it be something about exim configuration?

-a

On 10/31/05, Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is true, my router ony allow port 22 (ssh) for remote access, but
> I'm testing from the same subnet within the firewall. I did this
> massive upgrade/update using aptitude (I guess, something went funny
> during initial install). Still can't telnet to port 25, though I
> noticed that iptables was installed, which I did remove.... S.O.S
>
> -a
>
> On 10/30/05, Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 08:10:25PM -0500, Mitch Wiedemann wrote:
> > > Is there a telnet *daemon* running on the computer?  telnet to
> localhost
> > > and telnet from another computer on the subnet are two very different
> > > things.
> >
> > And did you perhaps note from his example that he was using the telnet
> > client to test the tcp connection to port 25?  And no, "telnet to
> > localhost" and "telnet from another computer" are *not* two very
> different
> > things.
> >
> > Both require a listener.  The *same* listener.
> >
> > Gods, it's like slashcrap.  No one reads.
> >
> > --
> >  Marc Wilson |     What I need is a MATURE RELATIONSHIP with a FLOPPY
> >  msw@cox.net |     DISK ...
> >
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