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Re: Debian box unable to HTTP to www.nai.com - FIXED



Uhhh you're welcome.  I think?  ;>  Glad I could help ask the right
questions.

Sir your eloquence could make many a dry man page a gripping tale of
triumph and redemption.  I can see it now, Ron mullins presents: The
perils of pppd.

--mike

n 10 Aug 2001 14:12:49 -0500, Ron Mullins wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2001 13:31:32 -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
> > Apparently the hero didn't notice the evil villian twirling his
> > handlebar moustache, hiding in the shadows.
> 
> Oh, the villian is a given. It's just trying to figure out which of the
> townsfold was not given the love they needed as a child. :)
> > 
> > What kernel version are you running on your test machine, ftp server,
> > and mail relays?  If it's 2.4.x on the mail relay do you have something
> > like congestion notification on?
> 
> The test machine, mail relay and FTP server are all 2.4.x kernels with
> Woody as the flavor. All packages current as of today. 
> 
> The mail relay is the first to use the 2.4.7 stock kernel
> however...Egads! Could that be it? Our hero, blinded by triumph so neigh
> at hand that he didn't realize, just didn't remember, that in giving
> into the need for speed he didn't roll his own kernel and has been
> bitten by a well known configuration error bespoke of so many times in
> the past? Oh, the agony, the sorrow of having overlooked something
> so...so...clumsy!
> 
> Gasp! Salt poured into the fresh wounds! A quick search locating the
> offending command and the /proc directive to disable it prove it the
> culprit! Oh, our hero will need to strive valiantly in the future to
> overcome the stigma of this encounter with his Nemesis. This severly
> hinders his chance to win the girl's heart that he has courted for so
> long! Oh the tragedy!
> 
> But much thanks to you, friend! May you want naught for a helping hand
> and good company. You, Sir, are a gentleman. 
> 
> 
> 
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