Espen Martinsen wrote:

moin,

>   Someone has installed a firewall between som of my clients
>   and my server.
>
>   1)  how do I restrict which ports to open, and which way.
>       I wan't to be able to take manual backup and automated, inititated
>       from the server.
>    

check the sysadmin guide, sections

"Configuring Netbackup Ports" and
"Using vnetd to Enhance Firewall Protection".

we use vnetd here and it works just great.



>
>   2)  I also has a standalone GUI klient, (my workstation)
>       This is also located on the other side of the fw.
>       What ports is it using, and how to restrict this to just one/a 
> few ports.

the java gui?

the java gui uses lots of ports and i dont think there is a way
to restrict port ranges (though i havent really looked for it).
i mostly use the command line tools now but when i use
the gui i use x-forwarding with compression through ssh and run
the gui directly on the server. works
quite well (although it is pretty slow if its not on the local lan).

what platform are you on?

you could probably use some software that creates and
encrypted tunnel.


tty, axel


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