Ways to test web access automagically

[dhml at comcast.net (David Hummel)]

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?

-David