Forum: DCForumID33
Thread Number: 83
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Original Message
"Firewall"
Posted by MakeItStop on 03-18-03 at 09:01 PM
My husband installed a software firewall on our home computer which was preventing me from posting. It also prevented me from accessing my User Profile. Can you tell me which ports we need to open to prevent these problems. Thanks!
“She’s a beauty queen gone bad!” -- Marcellus about Amy.
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- RE: Firewall,SurvivorBlows, 10:13 AM, 03-19-03
- RE: Firewall,MakeItStop, 01:09 PM, 03-19-03
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"RE: Firewall"
Posted by SurvivorBlows on 03-19-03 at 10:13 AM
It's actually not a port, it's what they call a HTTP HEADER named HTTP_REFERER.Some firewalls apparently are starting to strip it out for some reason (which is unfortunate in our case, because they are used for security to allow the message boards to make sure you're posting from a webpage inside the system and not spamming the boards through some kind of automated spam email-like thing.)
Here's a link to another site that uses our same message board software where they show how to address the problem in Norton's Internet Security/Firewall product:
http://www.roddingroundtable.com/dcforum/faqs/norton.html
"RE: Firewall"
Posted by MakeItStop on 03-19-03 at 01:09 PM
Thanks Webby! That's the one that we have. We'll be checking it out.
“She’s a beauty queen gone bad!” -- Marcellus about Amy.