-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dan Langille wrote: > On 31 Jan 2007 at 16:43, Davide Bolcioni wrote: > >> On Wednesday 31 January 2007 1:29 pm, Dan Langille wrote: >> >>>> Port conflicts are a known annoyance, but maybe it would help to >>>> disseminate the information about Bacula usage, for example here: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers >>> The Bacula ports are listed there. >> I stand corrected ... the Bacula ports are 9101-9103, not 9001-9003 as >> in my original message. Unfortunately, these are also the port used by >> HP printers. >> >>>> Should the need to introduce incompatible changes in the protocol >>>> arise, which I guess would be Bacula 3.0, maybe a different set of >>>> default ports could be considered ? HP networked printers are >>>> fairly common. >>> Bacula is registered with IANA, which is the definite source as well >>> as listed in the protocol database: >>> >>> http://www.isecom.info/cgi-local/protocoldb/browse.dsp >>> >>> Yes, I know it does not make much difference given that HP did and >>> does not do the right thing. >> I think we agree on this. Should the need arise for a protocol change, >> however, picking another set of ports might be an option. > > Picking another set of ports, even if we register them properly, > doesn't mean someone will not use them inappropriatly, as has > happened in this case.
Most HP printers only use 9100. This wouldn't really be a problem anyway, as it really doesn't matter what ports a printer is listening on. You're obviously not going to be running bacula on a printer (and vv., probably not running any JetDirect-related service on your host), so it's fairly irrelevant. Here, though, excerpted from IANA* is the last word on the matter: hp-pdl-datastr 9100/tcp PDL Data Streaming Port hp-pdl-datastr 9100/udp PDL Data Streaming Port # Shivaun Albright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> April 2002 #### The protocol name "pdl-datastream" is primarily registered for use #### #### in DNS SRV records (RFC 2782). DNS SRV records allow a protocol to run on #### #### any port number, but the default port for this protocol is 9100 ####. pdl-datastream 9100/tcp Printer PDL Data Stream pdl-datastream 9100/udp Printer PDL Data Stream # Stuart Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> September 2002 bacula-dir 9101/tcp Bacula Director bacula-dir 9101/udp Bacula Director bacula-fd 9102/tcp Bacula File Daemon bacula-fd 9102/udp Bacula File Daemon bacula-sd 9103/tcp Bacula Storage Daemon bacula-sd 9103/udp Bacula Storage Daemon ...HP /did/ correctly register 9100 and that's all my printers listen on: # telnet 10.4.64.70 9100 Trying... Connected to 10.4.64.70. Escape character is '^]'. telnet> close Connection closed. # telnet 10.4.64.70 9101 Trying... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused # telnet 10.4.64.70 9102 Trying... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused # telnet 10.4.64.70 9103 Trying... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused You /can/ use 910x if you want for additional queues on one printer (I guess if you have a fancier device), but this is just to keep the ports near each other on the device. I haven't seen anyplace where HP necessarily recommends using them, and they are not required for normal operation of a printer. So, I guess in summation, "Nothing to see here," or "What's the problem?" *IANA port list: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFwMLHmb+gadEcsb4RAv2/AJ9TxX8SSq3g/UC50laZAwnfpyAF3wCgx8mR KQ5nFerKs3fbZhjYhn+A058= =WRLJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
