On 8/14/2010 1:56 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 08/14/10 13:16, Markus Lanz wrote: >>> On 08/11/10 18:00, Markus Lanz wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Is it possible to have the server in the internet and the client in the >>> LAN? The client would be behind the firewall and not directly reachable by >>> the server. Only the client can reach the server directly? >>>> >>>> I'm asking because there are some backup programms where the server is >>> initiating the backup. But in my case the server has to be offsite and >>> therefore the client need to start the backup job by it self. >>> >>> If you can set up an SSH tunnel between the client and server, no >>> problem. If you can forward the necessary ports through the firewall, >>> no problem. If neither of the above applies, sorry, you're totally out >>> of luck, the Director cannot initiate a backup on a client it cannot >>> communicate with. >> >> Yes i can set up an SSH tunnel, but i have several clients not just one. >> Does it also work with lets say three clients? > > Honestly, I have never tried tunnelling the same port to multiple > different hosts. There's no question that it can be *done* with SSH; > you simply need different local ports for each remote host. Getting > Bacula to *work* over those multiple SSH tunnels is another problem > altogether. > > This increasingly looks to me as though your only options for making > this work are either port forwarding to the clients through their > respective firewalls, which will work for only one client behind each > given firewall, or setting up a full-fledged VPN.
I think you should consider OpenVPN. -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
