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I have a search engine spider that runs on my server that is protected by a PIX 501 with a basic configuration. The spider needs HTTP outbound access and back inbound again to spider a web site that is on the same server. I am a newbie, but I believe...
Fred, Vibhor, and acomiskey: I must say that this is the finest, most prompt, and most helpful forum I have ever visited. I am a software developer now, though I used to be a network guy a long time ago, so I really appreciate all your help, and I wi...
Fred, thank you for joining this "conversation." The HOSTS file solution appeared to be the simplest as compared to the "DNS doctoring" so I tried it, and the good news is ... it worked! Thanks again!Michael
No fix yet unfortunately. If the http traffic is open both ways then why can't the spider connect? I had the exact same problem with another utility called WebKeepAlive, which was installed on the same server, and all it does is make an http request ...
Oh yes, sorry about that. Following are the responses. Thanks again for your help.Result of firewall command: "show static" static (outside,inside) 10.0.0.1 [ip addr #1] netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0 static (inside,outside) [ip addr #1] 10.0.0.1 netmas...
Hi Vibhor, following is the response from the cmd line when I ran the 3 lines above. My public ip address may be removed. Thanks for any additional help you could provide.Result of firewall command: "static (inside,outside) tcp interface 80 10.0.0.2 ...