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thanks Ross, that was it.

the rescue works.

2005/12/2, Ross Bamford <rosco / roscopeco.remove.co.uk>:
>
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:13:22 -0000, Torsten Schmidt <torstello / gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 2005/12/2, Neil Kohl <nakohl / gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> You should be able to get a connection refused by trying to connect to
> >> an
> >> unused port. For example, if your "real" url is
> >> http://testing.com/test/url/then try
> >> http://testing.com:81/test/url/. As long as there's no web server
> >> running
> >> on
> >> port 81, you should get a connection refused error.
> >>
> > i've already tried this, but i only get an timout-error which is handled
> > in
> > my first rescue statement.
> >
>
> Unused ports will timeout - for active refusal, try a firewalled port.
> 84.92.85.107, any port, should refuse you if you don't have anything
> handy.
>
> --
> Ross Bamford - rosco / roscopeco.remove.co.uk
> "\e[1;31mL"
>
>

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