On my Linux firewall (RedHat 5.1 and FWTK) I am attempting to set up
a plug proxy for one of my users. I already have plug-gw set up quite
successfully for nntp and pop using the 'standard' nntp/pop3 ports for
both incoming and outgoing ports - ie in /etc/inetd.conf and netperm-table
I have:
nntp stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/plug-gw plug-gw nntp
lpop stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/plug-gw plug-gw lpop
and
plug-gw: port nntp 192.168.5.* -plug-to XXX.XX.XX.XXX -port nntp
plug-gw: port nntp XXX.XX.XX.XXX -plug-to 192.168.5.* -port nntp
...
plug-gw: port lpop 192.168.5.* -plug-to XXX.XX.XX.XXX -port lpop
plug-gw: port lpop XXX.XX.XX.XXX -plug-to 192.168.5.* -port lpop
The new proxy I'm trying to set up connects to a high-number port on
the remote server (somewhere else on campus). I'm unsure if I have to
use this same port number on my firewall going both ways, as in the above
cases, or if it is used only for the outgoing -plug-to port. At the
moment I have
oskar stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/plug-gw plug-gw oskar
and
plug-gw: port oskar 192.168.5.* -plug-to XXX.XX.XX.XXX -port oskar
plug-gw: port oskar XXX.XX.XX.XXX -plug-to 192.168.5.* -port oskar
I sometimes seem to get a connection going out, but nothing seems to
come back, and the connection times out. Am I missing something very
obvious here?
TIA
John
John Armstrong Computer System Adminstrator
Health & Safety Officer
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