Re: security port 443 by Kent
Kent
Sun Sep 07 12:49:46 CDT 2003
It is doubtful that anything is blocking your outbound https and if you
have a firewall, any firewall should allow incoming traffic for any
outbound connection using https.
Connect to a secure site with IE and then open a command prompt window
and run "netstat -an" and check to see that you have an ESTABLISHED
connection to that site where the foreign address is using port 443. If
you do, then you are not being blocked at the IP level. If there is no
connection and you are SURE that https is supported, then disable your
firewall and retest. Something wrong with your firewall, I suspect, and
it may need to be reinstalled. But I think this is unlikely. However,
you said you have spent hours talking to support people and they should
have told you how to check your SSL settings.
Open Internet Options and check your settings in the Security area of
the Advanced tab to find what is disabling https. You should have "use
SSL 2.0" and "use SSL 3.0" checked. If not, this explains your problem.
If you are using a proxy (Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings)
then perhaps your proxy isn't handling https properly. Try disabling
your explicit proxy, but you could be using a transparent proxy via your
service provider. Hard to tell, but your provider should have said
whether they are using a transparent proxy or not.
--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Sue" <ss9646@charter.net> wrote in
message news:376701c37560$c348bc60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> My security port 443 has been blocked and I am not able
> to view any secure sites. I have spent hours on the phone
> with different people,online provider, computer maker,
> software people and nothing they do seens to be able to
> help me access that port. Any
> suggestions????????????????????????????????????????????
> Thanks for the help