From: Tom Reilly <w3gat@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T11:00:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems with Net::HTTP.get

I've used Macafee, AVG Virus scan with firewall and Norton and have had 
no trouble using html with  Ruby.  Zone Alarm would not work
I uninstalled the program.  I use Windows 2000 Professional.

Ryan Leavengood wrote:

>Marek Kubica said:
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>>Many thanks Ryan, with the firewall uninstalled it works without problems.
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>>Let's have a look at the bugs of other firewalls ;)
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>No problem, I'm glad I could help.
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>It is a real shame that firewall software can have this affect, since it
>is an important piece of software to have these days (especially on a
>Windows machine.)
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>I can only hope that ZoneAlarm and Panda are the only ones with this
>problem, and other firewalls can coexist with Ruby. Does anyone have a
>list of firewall software that DO work with Ruby? Or rather, who has a
>firewall installed and Ruby sockets are still working?
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>Ryan
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