uhm.  try bugs@p...

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Adam Lang wrote:

> Is there any good reason why they are doing this?
>
> I went to download the newest source code of PHP from the php.net site.  As
> soon as I clicked the link, my connection was refused because my firewall
> told me to piss off.  Ya know why?  For some silly reason they are using
> port 8000.
>
> http://www.php.net:8000/distributions/php-4.0.6.tar.gz
>
> It is s*** like this makes firewall rules hard to do because no one wants to
> stick to standard stuff.  If I want to allow file downloads in the firewall,
> I should not have to worry about any ports outside of standard port 80 and
> port 53.
>
> I'm already in a pissed off mood, so if anyone has an email address for PHP
> to complain to this about, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Yeah, I know I could go to another place to download the code, but the point
> is I shouldn't have to!
>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
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