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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:10:33 +0300
From:      "Sergey A. Osokin" <osa@freebsd.org.ru>
To:        Igor Pokrovsky <igor.pokrovsky@cnrm.meteo.fr>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems with getting through firewall using CVSup
Message-ID:  <20030228151033.GE424@freebsd.org.ru>
In-Reply-To: <3E5F77B4.4392E9FD@cnrm.meteo.fr>
References:  <200302281442.h1SEg0RV042490@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <3E5F77B4.4392E9FD@cnrm.meteo.fr>

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:52:36PM +0100, Igor Pokrovsky wrote:
> Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> > Sergey Osokin wrote:
> > 
> > > > Is there any way to make it work?
> > > > To fool firewall?
> > >
> > > Yes, looks like a bad/fool/stupid firewall administriva.
> > 
> > I know, there are lots of companies that permit any inside
> > initiated TCP connection. I'd call this stupid if not
> > explicitly decided upon and documented.
> Yes. I agree, maybe this is a good policy. And moreover
> I think that they closed port 5999 on firewall because
> of my activities :-) Perhaps they thought that I'm trying
> do something, which will break their security. Maybe because
> port number is not very popular :-)
> 
> > And last - maybe they are running a strict application level
> > gateway like Gauntlet or Sidewinder? If this is the case the
> > admin must define a custom TCP proxy for CVSup, first.
> No. Fortunatly.

Last idea is use CTM. AFAIK your system administrator think
that 25 port is much more popular for you and other users :-)

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