A java applet would work nice.  I don't think server side scripting
would be useful.  Of coarse you need something on the server side
to fetch or respond.

On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 12:30:12PM -0400, Duncan Shannon wrote:
> hey gang-
> 
> im looking to write a little script/tool (php perhaps?) that would test if
> a certain person is behind a firewall and is blocking a specific test.
> 
> Problem: Potential client downloads an app, tries to log in for sales
> demo, gets warning about not being able to connect to port 5xxx and that
> it might just be a firewall.
> 
> Goal: Have sales person visit a webpage that would test if they can
> connect (at some level) to these ports (5xxx), to avoid the
> downloading/installing client and then finding out that they cant connect.
> 
> Any ideas on how this would be done?
> 
> thanks
> duncan
> 
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