Install says Curl not installed, but it is.

[DrByte]

Hi,
I asked my hosting service to allow firewall connections to zend.com and they have replied:
"an outward connection from the server to a port 80 (via curl or wget) is always closed for security reasons on servers of shared hosting. Any serious ISP has this basic and necessary security measure in place."

Any comments on this from the wise?

Just one comment: Any serious ISP offering eCommerce hosting to their customers has this port open and knows how to protect their server without having to block all ports as a catch-all security measure.

If they won't open it, find a host who will. Otherwise you'll not be able to process shipping quotes and payments using 3rd-party services such as UPS, USPS, PayPal, Authorize.net, and more.


Oh, and for the record, Zen Cart has nothing to do with "zend.com"