From: Jonathan Tisdall C2I NET> Date: 2 dec 1999 Subject: Re: Playing through firewalls I am quite sure I ran an MSO test from work behind a firewall. I will try to check the details. jt At 16:15 2.12.99 +0100, you wrote: >As far as I understand neither of the sites JavaShogi, ShogiDojo and >the new Mindsports site supports play from sites behind firewalls. > >I think it should be considered normal for companies to have firewalls >(my current as well as my previous employer use them). Some may >be able to pursuade their system managers to open up the ports required, >but that would lower protection and is a litle bit against the >idea of firewalls. > >So, it would be desireable for all such sites to provide a way to >play through firewalls. For what I have heard there are ways to do >that, by using ports that are normally open, especially the http port. >However this of course takes some extra effort. > >Also, some applets for viewing game databases seems not to work >from behind firewalls, but others do. > > >So, by this mail I am pleading implementors of such sites to give >this a thought. You may get some extra visitors by doing so. > >My guess is that quite a lot of people are behind firewalls, but >I am not sure. Has anyone some esimate of how common this is? > > >And, finally a remark about a topic brought up some time ago by >a similar question.. > >Yes, I should rather play at home than at work. But it whould be >interesting to check out sites that I cannot use from home. (The >MSO site for instance currently requires a windows platform, which >I currently do not have at home.) And it may be worth to stay some >evening to play. >Also some get their private interet access through their companies. > >-- >___________________________________________________________________ >Ralf Lundberg http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~ralf/index.html >ralf carmenta se (email home: cs chalmers se) > >