[CS-FSLUG] Firewall query

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

The firewall should keep track of the kinds of things it blocks. With
Linux/iptables this is done in the specific rule with the LOG option.
I'm assuming that you can enable access by turning off the firewall?
Does it matter what browser you user?

I think it would be stupid from Yahoo's perspective to do something like
that. There is a precedent of mud-in-the-eye from the community for such
activity.

Most browsers that block pop-ups will notify you when they block them so
that doesn't seem to make sense. It should be easy to diagnose.

JSR/

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Hurst
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:26 PM
To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Firewall query

Educated guesses are encouraged: Why/how does a firewall block access to

Yahoo webmail?

Forget the lectures about using Yahoo services; that's not an option.  
Several people I know are using firewalls on Winboxen, as they should,
and  
cannot read their Yahoo webmail. The problem is relatively new. They can

login, they can get the inbox list, but as soon as they click to read a

message, the process "hangs" and nothing happens. The computer is still

working, the browser still works and they can go anywhere else they  
please, so far. Is Yahoo doing something dirty here, demanding  
illegitimate access to user's computers? I've heard conjecture it's tied

to popup blocking -- no popups, no access.

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