Thank you, Benny. I thought so, but wasn't sure.
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Benny Lofgren <bl-li...@lofgren.biz> wrote:
> On 2011-02-04 21.12, Ezequiel Garzsn wrote:
>> Hello! By chance I tried this from my fresh OpenBSD VPS, which I
>> assume has had a default installation. Basically by chance (it didn't
>> make much sense) I tried lynx <external IP> *from my VPS*, and it
>> didn't work, even though it did work from my desktop PC:
>> --------------------------
>> Looking up <external IP> first
>> Looking up <external IP>
>> Making HTTP connection to <external IP>
>> Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
>> lynx: Can't access startfile http://<external IP>/
>> --------------------------
>> But there's more. A similar situation happens with ping (which, again,
>> works when called from another computer):
>> --------------------------
>> PING <external IP> (<external IP>): 56 data bytes
>> --- <external IP> ping statistics ---
>> 219 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
>> --------------------------
>> Is this normal behavior by default? I know both things work from other
>> OSes, so I'm wondering if this has something to do with OpenBSD's
>> added security measures.
>
> No, this is not normal behaviour. Your VPS provider have some explaining
> to do.
>
> (And by the way, making things not work is hardly ever an "added
> security measure" - it's just a plain inconvenience. And inconvenienced
> people tend to be more prone to do something stupid while trying to work
> around their inconvenience than people whos stuff just work as expected...)
>
>
> Regards,
> /Benny
>
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