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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 >