On Sat, 17 May 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:
> > This evening I try again and as before get no where. However, I then go into
> > the firewall setup and disable one particular rule that opens all remote
> > hosts/ports for a particular service. [ and then things worked ]
>
> Ooh, been there done that...
>
> I'd suggest watching the traffic with tcpdump or some such tool. I'll
> bet there are transactions going on between ports that you didn't think
> you needed to open.
FYI, if you have to take a look at your net traffic, look for ethereal.
It comes with RH nowadays, and is a very nice GUI traffic sniffer.