Greg,
Friday, February 7, 2003 you wrote:
GF> * This port 5178 no where in any of my logs do I see this port being used.
GF> Exactly when is it used?
I think I started this the other day.
I have a server which is protected only by IPSEC and on that
server I had to open 5178 outgoing. It is a dev machine and I set
it up as its own bastion host. I thought it was clever when I did
it but it has proven to be a really bad idea.
On my server behind a firewall I DO NOT HAVE TO open 5178. In
fact opening 5178 can make the whole thing not connect depending
upon how the firewall works with the client.
It is like the Active/Passive setting with WS_FTP server. It
varies with Firewall but sometimes having the port open will
prevent the client from working correctly. So normally for most
firewalls the only port to open is 5177.
Terry Fritts
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