From: "Geo" 

Since you are behind NAT I would suggest the easiest test is to simply
disable the firewall and then try both traceroute and the newsreader again
then enable it again.

Geo.

"Randall Parker"

wrote in message news:44c593e3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Geo wrote:
> > do you have a software firewall setup on your computer?
>
> Yes. In Gnome I go System | Administration | Security Level and Firewall.
>
> Then I get a menu: Security Level Configuration which has a tab
> "Firewall Options:"
>
> "Firewall Options:" Firewall: Enabled.
>
> Also has "Trusted Services:" and no services are checked as trusted.
>
> Also, under "Other ports" no ports are listed.
>
> Then on the SELinux tab it has "SELinux Setting: Enforcing".
>
> Then there is "Modify SELinux Policy" with lots of things listed.
>
> If I had a clue on what to change here I'd change something.
>
> >
> > Geo.

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5