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[LDM #AVX-447373]: What we're seeing...

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  • Subject: [LDM #AVX-447373]: What we're seeing...
  • Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:23:04 -0600
Gerry,

> We're making progress.... Do we need to have ATT open 111/RPC thru their
> firewall, too?

No. A downstream LDM will try to connect to the upstream LDM using port 388
first. Only if it can't connect will it attempt to use the RPC portmapper on
the upstream host.

> I want to do some testing to idd.unidata.ucar.edu. When we randomly tried
> it, their firewall blocked the RPC request.

Their firewall did more than block the connection attempt: it replied with a
TCP reset packet. Shame on it!

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AVX-447373
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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