Server Closed Connection Unexpectedly - the solution AND new problem

[Scott C. Best]

Wez, Tony:

 	Heyaz. Just to clarify: the info on faq.gotomyvnc.com about
port-80 and the NIS firewall was received from NIS Tech Support. I
have absolutely no idea why they think that port-80 filtering has
*anything* to do with VNC. But they apparently do.

 	It's a subtle distinction by an important one: port-80 has
nothing to do with VNC connections, but "port-80 information filtering" 
does have something to do with blocking VNC connections in some versions
of the NIS firewall.

cheers,
Scott


>> Firewalls - I had my gateway firewall enabled and the XP and
>> Norton Internet Security Firewalls disabled on both the
>> laptop and PC. I have reactivated the NIS with no adverse
>> effect and for those who have come across it I have NOT had
>> to remove port 80 from the list of scanned ports in NIS -
>> although this may be an issue when I connect through the
>> Internet and my gateway.
>
> Port 80 is not used by the VNC protocol, by default, nor to server the Java
> Viewer.
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