Bruno David Sim�es Rodrigues wrote: > Citando "Andy Elacion, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Bruno David Sim�es Rodrigues wrote: > > > > > Citando "Andy Elacion, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I have installed kannel on SuSE Linux. I also configured SuSE's > > > > Firewall feature and close all ports except for the ports that kannel > > > > uses and it is also in a private network. In short I configured kannel > > > > on a secured server. > > > > > > > > It is running fine for at leat a year now, without a problem. Until > > > > today. Here's the what we encountered. > > > > > > > > Our kannel stops receiving incoming transaction from our local telco. > > > > We traceroute and ping to the telco's SMS Server and we were able to get > > > > a reply ( though kannel do not receive transaction ). We called the > > > > telco's Firewall Administrator and discuss to him our problem. > > > > According to him our server is port scanning their Server, thus Firewall > > > > drops our connection. > > > > > > > > My question is this. Can Kannel do a port scan if it do not receive > > > > transaction? > > > > > > No, it won't. > > > > Glad to read that. > > > > > > > OffTopic in a kannel list, but have you configured you Suse to run > > portsentry or > > > any other portscaner daemon ? > > > > No. I did not install any portscanner daemon on the server. > > > > But, granting that it has portscanner. Can kannel run it? My kannel was > > compiled > > and run by an ordinary user and not root. > > I don't understand. You say that your Firewall Admin told you that firewall was > closed because you've done a portscan. Do you want to do a portscan or not to do > it ?
The telco's Firewall Admin told us that our kannel server is port scanning their SMS Server ( their SMS Server is behind firewall ) and their firewall detected it thus their firewall drop our connection to their SMS Server. Definitely, I don't want to do it. > It looks like your firewall dropped your connection due to timeouts and you need > to enable keepalives in your smsc configuration... I use keepalive = 25 Thanks. > > > -- > <BR/> -- Andy Elacion, Jr. Network Supervisor imGAME.com.ph ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this Internet message is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity identified. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained in this Internet message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately.
