> > In fact if you look at the exception dump, it lists: > > samples.stock.StockQuoteService.getQuote(StockQuoteService.java:90)
 > > so I know that the stock quote service is being invoked. In fact, the > line that is throwing the exception is doing something with the URL. > > the stock quote service tries to go through your firewall. Unless you run > tomcat with proxy settings (something > like -Dhttp.proxyhost=foo -Dhttp.proxyport=8080 ) it wont work
Thanks for the hint regarding firewalls. I dont know a thing about them. My firewall allows me to make usual Get/Post requests in HTTP. Wouldn't the stock quote service also use the regular HTTP port? If so why is the firewall an issue?
