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Re: CVS behind a firewall.


From: William Burrow
Subject: Re: CVS behind a firewall.
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 19:05:59 -0300

What understanding did you gain?  I have the same problem, but do not
restrict ANY outgoing ports.  


In gnu.cvs.help, you wrote:
>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
>>
>
>


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