[LDM #YYO-509858]: LDM Using Random Ports

Tom,

> I have been using LDM for many year very successfully.

Glad to hear it.

> I am trying to establish a new LDM connection outside of our firewall.  The 
> firewall has been configured to allow send and receive from port 388 (at 
> least that is what I am told as I have no control over that).

Sounds familiar. :-)

> The connection fails and I have been shown in a router log the following type 
> of messages which indicate that LDM is not using the standard port 388.  
> Nowhere that I know of am I telling it to use a different port.  Have you 
> seen this before?  Do you know what would cause this?  Or maybe this is 
> normal?
> 
> tcp session: initiator (155.78.63.227:44638) -- responder (198.206.45.200:388)
> tcp session: initiator (155.78.63.227:51868) -- responder (198.206.45.200:388)
> tcp session: initiator (155.78.63.227:46959) -- responder (198.206.45.200:388)

What's the direction of the initial contact? Are you creating a downstream LDM 
(as a result of a REQUEST entry in the LDM configuration-file) that's trying to 
connect to an upstream LDM that's outside your firewall or is it the reverse?

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YYO-509858
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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