Eric Siegerman wrote: [... excellent explanation of port usage ...]
Note (and this I *am* sure of) that in Amanda, it is not dependable that initiator==client and listener==server. The client initiates some connections, but the tape server initiates others.
Are you really sure about this? I thought that the tape server initiates ALL the connections (and hence client==listener). If that would be true, my firewall setup with iptables and without the amandamodules would not work. Which connection is initiated by the client?
Frank Smith's network trace also shows all traffic initiated by the server.
Kevin main problem is that the firewall he has to cross is not stateful. (I would have responded if I had more experience with such a setup.)
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