RE: FN-FORUM: Netgear FA311 drivers for Linux

date posted 25th June 2003 16:21

Carrie:
> yup - using https://192.168.0.10:10000 it works on http, but not
> on https.
> I have got it set to allow from all as IP addresses, if it is set to
> secure and I access the http equvalent I get a message saying that the
> server is in SSL mode. The process is running. I am using the suse
> firewall through yast and have configured it to alow services on
> port 10000.
> am using Suse Linux 8.1, I have this really nasty feeling that I am soon
> going to know more than I previously wanted to about firewalls....
> miniserve hasn't spotted the requests to the https address so I guess the
> packets are never getting there. Does anyone now any good firewall
> primers/resources?
> thanks

SSL and non-SSL services are always on two different ports.
If (as I understand it) you're 'setting it to secure' and then connecting to
port 10000 via http and 'getting the message', then the SSL service *must*
be running on another port. Try netstat to find which it is?

- Nick Grimshaw
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