Thanks Larry. You've solved my problem and improved my basic understanding ( and that of my network administrator too !!).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tarun Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
