On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 14:09 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> Joseph wrote:
> > Is there a standard port the web-browser connection is going OUT (to
> > internet) on?
> 
> You might want to read up on how TCP/IP works. Outgoing connections are made 
> on
> a random (well, not random, but not exactly predictable) port >1024. All ports
> <=1024 are restricted for root's use only. If you're trying to do something 
> with
> a firewall, trying matching a destination port of 80 instead of the source 
> port.

I'm experimenting with a firewall. I've Stealth all port 0 to 79 and 81
to 1050 and I can connect IN to my server but not OUT.

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