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Hi David, re: > Here is the information for our server running the LDM: > > shield-wblend.starinst.org > 129.19.151.10 OK. I verified that we can do name -> IP translation, but not IP -> name translation. The latter is the one that is needed since the IP address is included in a REQUEST to an upstream host. The LDM security mechanism relies on the conversion of the IP address into a fully-qualified hostname which is then matched against ~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf ALLOWs. re: > Our sys admin is making some unrelated firewall changes on Tuesday > night, so the earliest that we should test this connection is Wednesday. I have already configured the nodes that are currently active in our top level IDD relay cluster, idd.unidata.ucar.edu, to ALLOW shield-wblend.starinst.org to REQUEST the NEXRAD2 data feed. As soon as IP -> name DNS is available you should be able to successfully REQUEST the NEXRAD2 data. Comment: - test the ability to REQUEST NEXRAD2 data on shield-wblend.starinst.org using the LDM 'notifyme' utility: <as 'ldm' on shield-wblend.starinst.org> notifyme -vl- -f NEXRAD2 -h idd.unidata.ucar.edu The output from 'notifyme' will tell you if ~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf ALLOW is working. If it is not, it likely means that IP->name translation is not available for your machine. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XUT-980774 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed