On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 02:01:07PM +0100, Alex Bennee wrote: > A. Peter Mee said: > > Hi all, > > > > Could someone give me some pointers to achieving stable cvs and rcp > > access through a fairly restrictive firewall. I'm using a 2.4.18 > > kernel which defaults to dropping everthing, then punching holes where > > needed and SNATting the internal network. Single-socket protocols > > (http, smtp, pop3) do currently function correctly through the firewall > > so I'm assuming the cvs and rcp/scp protocols are not single-socket. > > The ftp and irc protocols also function correctly through the firewall. > > ssh is a single socket protocol. If you can ssh through your firewall then > you can use scp. You can even tunnel other ports over the single ssh > connection (e.g. X). > > CVS isn't a network protocol. You generally run it using remote shell tools, > in the CVS manual it allows you to specifify how with the CVS_RSH evrionment > variable. CVS 'pserver' lives on port 2401. Use netstat -an to see which ports have LISTENing sockets, and open up those ports. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services http://www.tk the dot in .tk http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
