I read the portusage in the documentation but it doesn't give specific information about the ports but rather a broad range. I will check to see what options amanda was compiled with and go from there. Thanks for your help.
-Paul ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:04:50 +0200 >From: Paul Bijnens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Amanda Over Firewall >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Paul Vander Griend wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We are trying to get Amanda to work over a firewall but are >> having a lot of trouble. Could anyone tell me what amanda >> requires to successfuly backup over a firewall? Right now I >> allow machines on the firewalled network to talk to the amanda >> server on port 10080. What other traffic is required? > >Have you read this: > > http://www.amanda.org/docs/portusage.html > >Also, if the firewall is a recent ipfilter implementation, >you can load the ip_conntrack_amanda filter module (and, if needed, >ip_nat_amanda), in which case only opening the 10080 port is sufficient >for a client. Note some older versions of these modules had >bugs. >I'm not sure if those ipfilter modules are sufficient for a restore >with amrecover, which uses port 10082, and 10083 from client to server. > >Also note the long timeout you may need to set for the udp reply >packet in the connection tracking (e.g. FW-1 defaults to 40 seconds >for UDP replies, but amanda needs a value equal to "etimeout" >in the amanda.conf.) > > >-- >Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Tel +32 16 397.511 >Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 >http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*********************************************************************** >* I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * >* F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * >* stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * >* PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * >* init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * >* ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * >*********************************************************************** > >