[Gewittermädchen]

I am wondering why whoever is hosting the original pictures you posted has set up their server (rfny.com) to force FReepers to disable their firewalls in order to view the pix.

I couldn't figure out why they would not open on my computer but they would on my husbands...

[snopercod]

I do know that the Apache server at rfny.us checks to see that the request for the pictures comes from freerepublic.com and forbids everybody else - that's why I couldn't bring them up directly from my computer. I have no problem with that.

But their server is looking for something else, too. I have my Zone Alarm set to "stealth mode - Your computer is hidden and protected from hackers. Sharing is not allowed."

That feature must be disabled for me to view the pictures.

I wonder why the website (www.rfny.us) demands that it be able to "see inside" my computer before it will let me view the photos.

(The owner of the rfny.us website is one "Hank Hayes", who, coincidentally, looks a lot like Gigantor. See www.hankhayes.com.)

Can anybody help explain this?