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unable to browse through DSL when firewall on

Asked by SriRam

Hi
I have turned off all the ports that i dont need.
just opened http and https for both in/out and when i turn the firewall on, i am unable to browse.
what could be the problem and what could be the resolution.
Can you please help me out.

Appreciate your time and effort in helping out.
Regards

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costales (costales) said : 		#1

The browser is not using always those ports, they are usually random ports,
then you can't do it.
Those ports (http & https) are for a web server, not for a client :)
Best regards!

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SriRam (rama-phaniharam) said : 		#2

Thanks for the info. I have done the necessary.

2015-07-11 12:31 GMT+05:30 costales <email address hidden>:

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> The browser is not using always those ports, they are usually random ports,
> then you can't do it.
> Those ports (http & https) are for a web server, not for a client :)
> Best regards!
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