 | | | nntps ports through firewall (solved) | nntps ports through firewall (solved) 2005-04-29 - By Bill Tangren
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Bill Tangren wrote:
> I run an nntp server (inn), on a RHEL ES4 machine, behind a firewall
> (that I don't control). I have configured the server to accept secure
> (SSL) connections on port 563. Access to this server on this port behind
> the firewall works fine. I asked the firewall admin to open port 563 for
> nntps traffic. He opened port 563 for tcp traffic only. From outside the
> firewall, I cannot get access to the news server.
>
> Does anyone know if it is necessary to allow udp traffic as well for inn
> to work over SSL?
>
> Thanks!
> Bill Tangren
>
In case, anyone is interested, the answer is no. nntp and nntps only use
TCP. The problem I was (and am) having is a badly configured rule
through the firewall.
Bill Tangren
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