> -----Original Message----- > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:35:27 -0400 > From: "Jeff Squyres \(jsquyres\)" <jsquy...@cisco.com> > Subject: Re: [OMPI users] Open-MPI and TCP port range > To: "Open MPI Users" <us...@open-mpi.org> > Message-ID: > <c835b9c9cb0f1c4e9da48913c9e8f8af708...@xmb-rtp-215.amer.cisco.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > That being said, we are not opposed to putting port number controls in > Open MPI. Especially if it really is a problem for someone, not just a > hypothetical problem ;-). But such controls should not be added to > support firewalled operations, because -- at a minimum -- unless you do > a bunch of other firewall configuration, it will not be enough.
This point is a real problem for me (but I may be the only one in the world...). I have to build a system that uses MPI softwares and non MPI COTS. I can't change TCP ports used by the COTS. Restricting MPI TCP/UDP port range loks like being the best solution for me.
