[plug] Kernel 2.4.4 and accessing *some* SSL web sites.

[Anthony Jones]

James Bromberger wrote:
> 
> Has anyone had any intermittent problems with accessing some HTTPS web
> sites (port 443)?  I have a pair of linux boxen (Debian, naturally) both
> of which have the 2.4 kernel series on them (as I described last week
> when I was looking at PPTP, which turned out to be my local firewall
> at home *cough*). I can't seem to telnet to port 443 on some web servers,
> yet surprisingly the hosts behind the masquerading firewall I am
> trying to get working have no trouble at all if they attempt to connect
> to port 443.

Okay, Here's my 5 cents.. There's kernel options
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
and CONFIG_IP_PNP that seem to cause this sort of behaviour.

I was having very similar problems, but with HTTP as well as HTTPS Web
sites.


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