From: Steven Davidovitz <steviedizzle@...>
Date: 2006-06-25T15:02:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Weird Net::HTTP error

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:51:19 +0900
James Britt <james.britt@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ben Johnson wrote:
> > You can copy and paste this in irb, but...this is a really strange 
> > problem. If ssh into my server in Oregon and paste the following code in 
> > irb it works just fine. If I ssh in one of my servers in Boston and 
> > paste the same code in irb I get a connection refused error. Any idea 
> > why this is happening?
> 
> 
> *Exact* same OS and configuration on both machines? Exact same Ruby 
> version?  Firewalls? Routers? DNS stuff?
> 
> Can you shell in and connect from the CLI to the target Web site  using 
> lynx or wget?
> 
> 
> -- 
> James Britt
> 
> "Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them."
>   - Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, Oblique Strategies
> 
> 

Yeah, if anything it is an issue on your server as I can execute the code fine and I am in Boston.