Strange problem - webserver behind firewall; ports are open

[Ed Greshko]

Götz Reinicke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I do have a FC5 test-apache-httpd-system behind a firewall. From the
> other side of the Firewall, I can ping the host, nmap shows that port 80
> is open.
> 
> Localy on the testsystem I can browse the website on localhost and on
> the hosts IP without problem.
> 
> The firewall-log didn't show up any problems.
> 
> Any idea or tip what to look for?

Run ethereal and see if you have incoming connections arriving on your
host from outside.  Also, check the /var/log/httpd logs.


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