UPDATE:
We are now using the default port of 2401. Our firewall has port
2401 open for outbound access. I am using the WinCVS11b15 for the
client on NT 4.0 SP6. The server is running CVS1.10.8 on Slackware
7.1. The firewall that we are using is a Raptor, which is made by a
company called Axent.
We still get:
cvs [login aborted]: proxy server 10.1.3.40:2401 does not support
http tunnelling
The SysAdmin says that according to what he sees in the log of the
firewall I have an active connection to the firewall. There are no
other messages in the log pertaining to me.
We actually got the same results using a different firewall. The
other firewall was an altavista.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening? We can
connect fine if we don't go through the firewall. I appreciate any
help that anyone can give us.
Is it truely as easy as opening port 2401 for outbound access?
Mike
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "David H. Thornley"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Mike Friemann wrote:
> >
> > The company that I work for has two offices in the US. We
decided to
> > look into CVS so that both offices would have access to the same
> > source repository.
> >
> > The server sits out on the web and the clients are behind a
firewall.
> > We can get WinCVS clients to connect to a CVS server just fine as
long
> > as we don't have to go through a firewall. With a firewall we
seem to
> > connect to the server, but then we get, "Connection reset by
peer".
> > All I had the SysAdmin do was open the 8888 port on the firewall
for
> > outgoing.
> >
> Since you're using WinCVS, I assume you're using the pserver
connection.
> This means that the sysadmin needs to open 2401 for outgoing
> connections. If you were using ssh, you'd presumably open 22.
>
> Now, pserver is not secure, so you might want to see about using
> ssh (which some people on this list claim is easy) or running some
> sort of secure socket connection for port 2401.
>
> > I've looked all over the net for a solid step by step instruction
> > document on connecting to a cvs server through a firewall and I
cannot
> > find one.
> >
> I would assume that it's a matter of firewalls differing. The
> documents refer to what you need to use CVS. If you've got a
> firewall, you should have a sysadmin who is able to manage it,
> and the docs will tell you that pserver is on port 2401.
>
> (Note: AIX seems to use 2401 for something different, so if you're
> working on AIX you may have additional problems.)
>
> > I don't even remember the official docs mentioning anything about
a
> > firewall entering the picture.
> >
> They also don't describe how TCP/IP works, or how to hook up an
> ethernet LAN. Again, if you've got a firewall, you should have
> somebody who knows how to let specific ports through. If you're
> using pserver, you need to open 2401 for outgoing connections.
> If your sysadmin doesn't understand that, you have more problems
> than we can help with.
