At 04:05 PM 9/7/2001, you wrote:
>On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Joe Pearse wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 15:53:33 -0700
> > From: Joe Pearse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Specify outbound port on tomcat
> >
> > Hi List-
> > I'd like to specify what outbound ports are chosen when running my
> > application. Currently, I can specify the inbound port for SSL (443) to
> > receive a message. When my application responds, it (seemingly)arbitrarily
> > picks a port between 1024 and (about) 5000 to send out the reply.
> > My client refuses to open up their firewall between 1024 and 5000, even
> > though it is for the outbound traffic only, I must specify (restrict) the
> > ports used for outbound traffic. Is anyone aware if this is something that
> > I could configure in Tomcat (or Apache), and if so, what is it? (If
> that is
> > not possible to configure, please let me know also.) Thanks for the help.
> >
>
>Tomcat (or Apache, or any other TCP based server) sends responses back on
>the same port that it received your request on (in fact, on the exact same
>connection). Is your application itself generating outbound TCP
>connections (for example, to connect to a database)? Or is the arbitrary
>port possibly the one created by your *browser* running on the same
>machine and connecting to Tomcat?
>
>Craig McClanahan
Not true in some cases. HTTP sends its response info on the same port,
protos like ftp open another port. (Which is the reason for http being
a stateless protocol, you need to open a second port to do things like
random stream access.) But that his application is wanting to open another
port has nothing to do with tomcat, or at least I doubt it. Is your app
a CORBA or JNI app by chance Joe?
