Re: [Savannah-help-public] Re: firewalls blocking CVS

[Stefan Monnier]

>     In my current work
>     place, we use CVS internally. Maybe, that is the reason for preventing
>     the that port for external access. From what little I know, a version
>     control system is another form of easy means to deposit data
>     (versioned). May be, there exists a paranoid feaar that someone may
>     start depositing versioned copies of compay source code! Not sure
>     though.

> Please try asking your sysadmins and tell us what they say.
> We need to know!

Most likely the firewall doesn't block 2401 specifically, instead it only
lets through a few specific ports such as 80 and 443 and blocks
everything else.


        Stefan