Re: CVS behind a firewall.

[Tarun Garg]

Thanks Larry.
You've solved my problem and improved my basic understanding ( and that of
my network administrator too !!).



----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Jones" <address@hidden>
To: "Tarun Garg" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: CVS behind a firewall.


> Tarun Garg writes:
> >
> > Does the cvs client randomly pick up ports at the client end ( in case
of
> > pserver)?
>
> Yes.  That's the way essentially *all* TCP/IP clients work -- only the
> server uses a well-known port.
>
> > Can I specify the port to be used at the client side ?
>
> No.
>
> > Or is there something wrong with our firewalling ( or proxy) software?
>
> No.
>
> > Is there something wrong with my understanding/expectation ?
>
> Yours or your firewall administrator's.  You need need to configure the
> firewall to allow outgoing connections from any (non-reserved) port to
> port 2401.  The rule should look almost exactly like the rule for telnet
> except for the different well-known port number.
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> The surgeon general should issue a warning about playing with girls. --
Calvin
>