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Re: Cannot connect to a website from debian linux box





Can your broswer on linux handle https?




On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaji N V wrote:

> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 23:40:12 -0400
> From: Shaji N V <nvshaji@hotmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Cannot connect to a website from debian linux box
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> I am facing a problem in connecting to a website from my linux box. I use
> dialup connection through my ISP or log on to my work(via dialup). The
> strange thing is that all machines at work are able to access the website
> (sun or windows), by my linux box cannot. If I boot the machine in windows,
> then I can connect to the website either thro work or ISP. The website is
> running https, so I try the following on the sun box:
>
> $ ping dcu.fi1.net
> ..
> ICMP Communication Administratively Prohibited from gateway
> vifi-gw.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.98.254)
> for icmp from bethsun02 (172.25.200.51) to dcu.fi1.NET (206.150.183.205)
> ..
>
> If I do the same thing, from my linux box, it just does not respond.
> Now if I run "telnet dcu.fi1.net 443" on sun box, it connects. If I run the
> same thing on linux box, it does not.
>
> I am running Linux 2.4.3 (Linux home 2.4.3-686 #1 Mon Apr 16 10:25:24 EST
> 2001 i686 unknown) - Debian testing/unstable.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Shaji
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