anoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yes, a pure socket connection works regardless of a
> firewall....
>
Solai Ravi wrote:
>
> It is not possible.
> Inside a firewall you can't establish socket connection.
> I tested it
>
Firewalls can be set up to block all sorts of different
things. Most are set up to let HTTP connections through,
so people can browse the web, but they are generally
quite flexible.
You can't really say 100% that "inside a firewall
you can't establish a socket connection". Web browsers
do it all the time, right? It just depends on how the
firewall (and proxies) are set up, and what sort of
traffic you're trying to push out over which port
from what machine.
However, it's safe to say that you can't _depend_
on being able to establish a socket connection
through an arbitrary firewall. But if you know where
your server is going to be running, you can always
talk to the firewall admin about setting things up
to allow your server to establish whatever sorts of
connections it might need.
--
Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com
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