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Ziv, > Hi Tom, > > I cc'd Kyle, a systems administrator, to this email. He is helping me get > through the firewall that has prevented my VM from being able to contact > you. > > Kyle wants to know: > > What are the hosts (that my VM needs to contact)? To *receive* data, your firewall must allow an outgoing IPv4 TCP connection from your computer to port 388 on idd.unidata.ucar.edu. To *send* (i.e., relay) data to computers outside the University of Chicago, your firewall must allow incoming IPv4 TCP connections to port 388 on your computer. > Does LDM use a library or utility that respects the proxy environmental > variables? No. Because protocols differ, proxies must be created on an application-by-application basis (there are proxies for web servers, for example). The LDM can be thought of as its own proxy -- but that still requires port 388 to be open (just as port 80 must be open for a proxy web server). > Is there a config setting for LDM that can be directly given the proxy > address? No. > I hope you'll be able to help us answer these questions. Thanks! No worries. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MWQ-760671 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed