On 15 Mar 2005 at 8:40, Bogdan wrote:

>When we try to connect from outside world, the connection to WinXP is
>fast, to Linux is very slow.

If I'm not mistaken, Linux server use Ident service (port 113). If
computer in "outside world" is protected by WinXP wirewall this port
must be listed as exception.
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SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.