Re: linux client setup through firewall - what source port?

2004-09-11 Thread Stef Coene
On Friday 10 September 2004 22:02, T. Lists wrote: > Hey all - I know this one has been asked before, but I > can't seem to find a solution to my problem. IBM has > been a bit snitty - telling me it's a > "communications/network" problem. Ok, maybe not > snitty - maybe I'm just having a bad day.

Re: linux client setup through firewall - what source port?

2004-09-11 Thread showersofblessings
Stef, Note: this is a personal view. There are usually two ports involved in a TCP communication: the listening and the talking port. What is usually defined during a TCP dependent software configuration is the listening port which has to be static, while the talking port is randomly generated by

Re: linux client setup through firewall - what source port?

2004-09-11 Thread Stef Coene
On Saturday 11 September 2004 21:50, showersofblessings wrote: > Stef, > > Note: this is a personal view. > > There are usually two ports involved in a TCP > communication: the listening and the talking port. > What is usually defined during a TCP dependent > software configuration is the listening