> but don't think they(hostingcompanyA) would block a particular IP > address(server running CF which belongs to hosting company B)
Yes, they would if they detected something funny coming your server... like a bunch of pings or form bots or something... for that matter a bunch of unexpected reads of the RSS file your reading could have set off some kind of alarm that caused them to block the IP. It depends on them and what they see as an intrusion. A lot of hosting companies are great professional companies that can really analyze threats... a lot of them are some guy with a server or two in basement too and anything odd they see they block. Yes, it's possible they blocked you intentionally if they saw a lot of unexplained requests coming from your server. > try displaying it in a browser that shows the same external IP address as > your server >> How do I do that? If your server is on your network its likely most of the machines on your network are on the same firewall and show the same public IP. Google what's my IP from the server and from another machine on that network. If they show the same public IP, try accessing the site from the alternate machine. If it doesn't work, you may be blocked. If the server is at a separate location (hosting company), you may have to ask them for help with this. Honestly, at this point with what you know this does not sound like a job for a programming issue and it may not be best for a programmer to be troubleshooting it. You should get a network engineer to take a look. Robert Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin & Williams Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359280 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
