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Re: Upstream feed source info (fwd)
- Subject: Re: Upstream feed source info (fwd)
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:19:44 -0700 (MST)
HI Jim,
YES.. The LDM will operate ONLY out of port 388.
Let me know if other questions arise..Oh and yes it is TCP/IP protocol
-Jeff
____________________________ _____________________
Jeff Weber address@hidden
Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676
NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690
University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000
________________________________________ ______________________
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> Jeff, or whoever catches this message,
>
> Thanks for your patience. We are involved in some dialog with our
> administrative computing department about getting a path opened up for
> our ldm server. One question that has been asked today that I could not
> answer is this...
>
> What port(s) does ldm use and what kind of exchange is it? I quoted the
> section from the LDM Users Guide about LDM using ONC RPC protocol
> overlying TCP/IP. Our firewall people, however, may want more specifics
> about the port numbers that will be used and how to qualify the
> "allowable" access to those ports. The MCIDAS installation instructions
> had us set up two ports for mcadde, but I saw nothing similar for ldm.
> What can I tell our Administrative Computing people? They are willing to
> open a hole for us, but want to keep it small enough to prevent entry
> by casual sniffers, at least. If this floats on a TCP/IP protocol, it
> seems to me that if we had definite ports assigned and logged to tcp,
> we could safeguard them with a TCP wrapper. Does that make any sense
> vis-a-vis LDM?
>
> By the way, one of our Administrative Computing folks, Bissell Anderson,
> may or may not call you tomorrow morning with similar questions.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, 02 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > Jim,
> >
> > Glad to get you going...
> >
> > Let me know when you can "see" these hosts.
> >
> > I suspect that these will be your primary and failover feeds as they offer
> > good connectivity and are geographically and electronically convenient to
> > your location. But it is always wise to make sure....
> >
> > I will notify them as we determine if they will be feeding you.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -Jeff
> > ____________________________ _____________________
> > Jeff Weber address@hidden
> > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676
> > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690
> > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000
> > ________________________________________ ______________________
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, James R.Frysinger wrote:
> >
> > > I reckon your first transmission got vectored by the routers to bit
> > > heaven by mistake, Jeff. Thanks for the re-send.
> > >
> > > It looks like its a good thing that you like to check the paths first.
> > > I'm getting nothing but 29 lines of asterisks on both addresses (the
> > > first line being our departure point). My college's sysadmin office
> > > tried traceroute to pluto from their desk and it worked, so perhaps we
> > > have a firewall issue locally. I couldn't get a trace even using the IPs
> > > (dotted quads) in lieu of the DNSs when sending from weather.cofc.edu.
> > > We're going to have to check this out and get back to you.
> > >
> > > Thanks again and Happy New Year.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > On Tue, 02 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > > > Hello James,
> > > >
> > > > Maybe you did you not get this the first time around?
> > > >
> > > > I heard you had contacted Russ Rew regarding your connect.
> > > >
> > > > We like to check the connectivity somewhat before issuing a primary and
> > > > failover feed site.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if you have any questions.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > -Jeff
> > > > ____________________________ _____________________
> > > > Jeff Weber address@hidden
> > > > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676
> > > > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690
> > > > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln
> > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000
> > > > ________________________________________ ______________________
> > > >
> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 13:43:25 -0700 (MST)
> > > > From: Jeff Weber <address@hidden>
> > > > To: James R.Frysinger <address@hidden>
> > > > Subject: Re: Upstream feed source info
> > > >
> > > > Hello James,
> > > >
> > > > Lets get you set up with a feed site.
> > > >
> > > > Would you please perform a
> > > >
> > > > traceroute
> > > >
> > > > for
> > > >
> > > > pluto.met.fsu.edu
> > > >
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > > datoo.srcc.lsu.edu
> > > >
> > > > and attach the results in a message back to me.
> > > >
> > > > Lets hope we have a good connect from one or both of these.
> > > >
> > > > I will be out tomorrow and New years day, if I do not get this resolved
> > > > this afternoon.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >
> > > > -Jeff
> > > > ____________________________ _____________________
> > > > Jeff Weber address@hidden
> > > > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676
> > > > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690
> > > > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln
> > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000
> > > > ________________________________________ ______________________
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, James R.Frysinger wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Dear UPC:
> > > > >
> > > > > We request information on our Unidata upstream feed source in order to
> > > > > configure our LDM server files properly. This LDM server will be
> > > > > feeding data to MCIDAS at our site. The following information
> > > > > pertains:
> > > > >
> > > > > Site Name: Weather Center, College of Charleston
> > > > >
> > > > > Site Adminstrator: James R. Frysinger, acting on behalf of Dr. B.
> > > > > Lee
> > > > > Lindner
> > > > >
> > > > > Email Address: address@hidden
> > > > >
> > > > > Phone Number: 843.953.7644 (office)
> > > > > 843.953.5593 (department office)
> > > > > 843.225.0805 (home)
> > > > >
> > > > > Fully Qualified Hostname of the IDD Node:
> > > > > weather.cofc.edu
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > > James R. Frysinger, LDM and MCIDAS Administrator
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston
> > > > > 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
> > > > > Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street
> > > > > 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424
> > > > > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj address@hidden
> > > > > Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
> > > > >
> > > --
> > > James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston
> > > 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
> > > Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street
> > > 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424
> > > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj address@hidden
> > > Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
> > >
> --
> James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston
> 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
> Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street
> 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424
> http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj address@hidden
> Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
>