On Friday 24 September 2004 05:00, MyEE wrote: > Dears, > > Netscape, Firefox and Opera can't read any site that starts with HTTPS. > They say "The operation is timed out:" > > This is true for Linux and Windows version of the above browsers. > Unfortunately, IE has not problem to get HTTPS site. > > Can any one help?
If it were just Linux browsers that had the problem I would suspect that you did not have openssl installed. But since it affects the Windows versions, and also Netscape which is statically linked, then I would suspect that your ISP is operating a transparent proxy server on Port 443. Although why a proxy server should refuse to work with anything but a Microsoft browser escapes me. (Unless Microsoft are your ISP!) It is possible to circumvent a proxy server by installing your own Squid proxy server and routing all your traffic to a second public parent proxy server. Such an arrangement uses different port numbers which would go around your ISPs proxy server. Unfortunately setting that up requires a fair bit of research. I would suggest that if possible you try out a different ISP (perhaps by dialup) to confirm that your current ISP is interfering with your traffic. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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