On Friday 17 November 2006 14:26, Chris Sarginson wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Just a quick query, and sorry if its one thats in the documentation - I > have had a quick scan and didnt see anything. > > Are there any issues with backing up Bacula servers through firewalls? > I have had issues with Backup software (that shall remain proprietary > and nameless :/) that took the unusual step of forcing the client to > announce its IP address to the server as something that could not be > translated by a firewall.... > > IE > > Client ---> FW ------> BackupServer > > Client would announce its IP to server as 192.168.x.x which meant that > the backup server (on a public IP) was not able to contact the client.
That sounds like a rather feeble attempt to maintain security but which is destined to all kinds of failures as you saw as well as a gigantic security hole. > > Basically I want to know if Bacula does the same. And before anyone > asks, there was no feasible way aroung the above problem :) You should be able to easily guess from my preceding answer -- assuming I correctly understand your problem, no Bacula wouldn't be so stupid as to request that information from a client, which is much more reliably provided by the underlying TCP/IP connection via a system call. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
