On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:31:05AM +0100, Ezequiel Garzsn wrote:
> 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! [F]rom my fresh OpenBSD VPS, which I
> > > assume has had a default installation (...) I tried lynx
> > > <external IP> *from my VPS*, and it didn't work, even though it
> > > did work from my desktop PC: [likewise for ping]
> > > 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...)
>
> The explanation I received is that "the VPS is behind a NAT". Does it make
> sense now? Thanks again.
Not really, no. I don't think this will hurt you, but if it does, good
luck debugging this issue on a sane setup...
Joachim
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