From: Marek Kubica <pythonmailing@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T06:21:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems with Net::HTTP.get

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:02:56 +0900 Ryan Leavengood wrote:

> There is a known problem caused by the ZoneAlarm firewall software on
> Windows. If you are using that you must uninstall it for Ruby's sockets to
> work correctly.
I do not use ZoneAlarm, I've got Panda. Hmm, disabling it does not help. I
should try uninstalling it :/

Btw: why there aren't any good personal firewalls for Windows which do not
conflict with half the software installed?

greets,
Marek