Re: XP SP2 Firewall and Newsreaders

From: Daniel Crichton (msnews_at_worldofspack.co.uk)
Date: 07/05/05 

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:19:30 +0100

Tim wrote on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:01:51 -0400:

> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to get the SP2 firewall to allow NNTP type transfers
> without success. The only way I can get my newsreaders to work is by
> turning off the firewall, something I don't really want to do.
>
> I am currently using Thunderbird but have tried Xnews and Xana news.
> Xnews simply times out while the other two eventually get the articles
> but a snail's pace with the firewall on. Turn it off and the news just
> zips down.
>
> I have tried:
>
> 1) adding the NNTP port (119)
> 2) adding the secondary NNTP port (563) not sure what to call it
> 3) adding the service in the "Advanced" tab (should not be necessary?)

These are only need if you're running your own NNTP server. For reading news
from another server you do not need to open any of these.

It's possible that the news server you are using makes IDENT requests - if
so, you will need to open port 113 for incoming connections. From the sound
of the slow responses this is most likely the issue you are seeing -
dropping the port 113 connection will result in delays of around 30 seconds
at a time, whereas sending a RST (which is what will happen if there's
nothing running on port 113 on the machine) will immediately tell the server
that there is no response and it should continue straight away.

Dan

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