Ways to test web access automagically

[bob at rsi.com (Bob Gorman)]

At 11:26 AM 1/10/2005, David Hummel wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:12:05AM -0500, Bob Gorman wrote:
>> 
>> At 10:48 AM 1/10/2005, David Hummel wrote:
>> >On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:13:38AM -0500, Bill Horne wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Unless Comcast has started to choke port 80 requests,
>> >
>> >That is exactly what is happening.
>> 
>> I've heard others complain about this, but my port 80 is not blocked
>> by comcast.
>
>If you are experiencing problems with incoming HTTP requests on port 80,
>I would not rule this out.  Change the port to test this.  Otherwise, I
>would guess it's a router or LAN issue at your location.
>
>> I personally keep port 80 closed and use https/443 instead.  Seems the
>> simple script attacks that plagued my port 80 don't go there.
>
>But you are asking about port 80, no?

'Bill Horne' != 'Bob Gorman'