From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2009-04-28T05:43:58+09:00
Subject: Re: gem tcp port?

On Apr 26, 2009, at 14:40, Aaron Patterson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 04:20:04AM +0900, stevegoobermanhill@googlemail.com 
>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm using ruby on a machine behind a severely locked down firewall
>> where all ports are closed by default, and I only open the ones I  
>> will
>> need.
>>
>> What port does gem run through please?
>
> Port 80

And, it only downloads via port 80, it doesn't open any ports by  
default.

You can run `gem server` which will listen on 8808, but usually this  
is only for use on the local machine.