platform: guest. windows xp sp3 with all updates. host in MacOS leopard all updates. parallels 3.0 build 5608 i've a problem with '3rd party' applicaion network connectivity. IE, firefox, telnet can connect to an ip address & port but 3rd party apps fail with the message 'bad access' which usually means 'cannot bind to a port' to isolate the issue I've tried curl and it fails too. my question is is there a firewall of some sort that allows common applications but not unknows apps ? -nc
