On Friday 19 November 2004 23:02, Primes wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:15:25 -0600
>
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>With increasing frequency I seem to be unable to reach PrimeNet or
> >>Mersenne.org.  I get a "Connection refused" message when attempting
> >>to surf to either.  Are there ongoing issues?
> >
> >it could be your firewall or its being blocked by a router or something
> >were are u serfing from work or home or school
>
> Nope, not a firewall issue.  This happens sporadically without any changes
> being made to the firewall (from my home).  While getting the "connection
> refused" error from mersenne.org, I can surf to other websites on the 'Net
> without problems. _______________________________________________

Someone's firewall. Yesterday I was getting access from my home account but 
not from work. No changes in work firewall. I get the impression that someone 
(PrimeNet administrators or their service provider) has implemented a 
firewall driven by a blacklist or by scanning from "related addresses" 
(probably linked to virus activity).

BTW two of the systems I run at work were "frozen" i.e. had stopped consuming 
CPU at the time they attempted to contact PrimeNet. Had to kill the process & 
start again. Wasteful... (mprime v23.5.2)

Regards
Brian Beesley
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