Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/13/07 02:05

k.rollman@gmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 12, 12:02 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> k.roll...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I am having a problem using cURL to create an https connection on a
>>> non-standard port (440). Using curl_setopt to set the port to 440 has
>>> no effect, and I get the following from curl's verbose output.
>>> * About to connect() to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 443
>>> * Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) port 443
>>> If I put ':440' in the url, I get the following and an error code of
>>> 7.
>>> * About to connect() to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 440
>>> * Failed to connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP number 1: 13
>>> * Closing connection #0
>>> >From phpinfo:
>>> php 5.5.2
>>> FreeBSD cgi27 6.2-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p7 #1
>>> cgi mode
>>> './configure' '--prefix=/usr/local/nf/php5' '--exec-prefix=/usr/local/
>>> nf/php5' '--enable-exif' '--enable-dbase' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-
>>> mysql=/usr/local/nf' '--enable-discard-path' '--with-config-file-path=/
>>> usr/local/nf/php5/etc' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/nf' '--with-iconv=/
>>> usr/local/nf' '--with-libxml-dir=/usr/local/nf' '--with-png-dir=/usr/
>>> local/nf' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local/nf' '--with-imagick=/usr/local/
>>> nf' '--with-gd' '--with-curl=/usr/local/nf' '--with-openssl=/usr/local/
>>> nf' '--without-xpm' '--without-freetype' '--with-libxml-dir=/usr/local/
>>> nf' '--with-mcrypt=/usr/local/nf' '--with-mysqli=/usr/local/nf/bin/
>>> mysql_config'
>>> Apache/1.3.34 (Unix) mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 mod_perl/1.26
>>> libcurl/7.11.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.1.3
>>> I have access to another server, and have tested the code there and it
>>> works; apache 2.1, php 5.2.3, libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8d zlib/
>>> 1.2.3. Changes to the production server are not possible as it is a
>>> hosted site :(
>>> TIA for any help you can provide.
>> Perhaps a firewall is blocking it?
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> There is a firewall, but the port is open and I confirmed it with a
> browser. I have also checked the firewall's logs, and there is
> nothing from the production server.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
>

The inbound port may be open - but does the application have permission
to connect to the outbound port?

Two entirely different things.

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