| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Firebird and National Online |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2008-11-16T23:58:28Z |
At 10:26 AM 17/11/2008, you wrote:
If you are an NAB customer and you can do your own testing, try to get some evidence of what's going on. A couple of easy tests would be
1) look in firebird.log to see what the network reported when the attempt to start Firebird failed.
2) Try reconfiguring your Firebird service's service port (instructions in ch. 9 of the v.1.5.5 release notes, downloadable from the Doc Index if you have thrown yours out) then start up Firebird, before trying to get into your Netbank service.
OTOH, if it's not an SSL app (the bank got you to download a client app to access their service) then it might be a client-side problem - an SSH client making a tunnel through localhost...so test whether it's just a localhost Firebird client that is affected here.
./heLen
>It's been reported to me that there is a conflict between National BankSuggests NAB's web "experts" have kidnapped port 3050. If so, NAB customers shouldn't have a lot of confidence about their bank's web services when the developers don't even have enough nouse to know better than to use a reserved port for a secure connection.
>Online services (Australia) and Firebird Service. When Firebird service is
>running on a PC, NAB online does not work and when FB is stopped NAB Online
>works again.
>
>Does anyone know anything about this conflict?
>I'm trying to get further info but I may find this difficult.At least get a handle on any error messages being returned under each set of conditions...
If you are an NAB customer and you can do your own testing, try to get some evidence of what's going on. A couple of easy tests would be
1) look in firebird.log to see what the network reported when the attempt to start Firebird failed.
2) Try reconfiguring your Firebird service's service port (instructions in ch. 9 of the v.1.5.5 release notes, downloadable from the Doc Index if you have thrown yours out) then start up Firebird, before trying to get into your Netbank service.
OTOH, if it's not an SSL app (the bank got you to download a client app to access their service) then it might be a client-side problem - an SSH client making a tunnel through localhost...so test whether it's just a localhost Firebird client that is affected here.
./heLen