WOW, if a firewall doesn't NAT then what is it doing?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
> Jeremy Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:15 AM
> To: Jennifer C. Green
> Cc: Bob Grabbe; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Media server through a firewall ?
> 
> 
> True as long as your firewall does not do NAT... I found that out the 
> hard way.
> -jeremy
> 
> 
> Jennifer C. Green wrote:
> > There is a procedure in the manual for using vnetd which 
> allows you to 
> > only open a few ports for media server and 1 port for 
> clients.  I have 
> > not personally done it so dont have any opinion about it but have 
> > heard it works as advertised.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Grabbe" <GRABBEB AT dominos DOT com>
> > To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:46 AM
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Media server through a firewall ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>I've seen enough posts about backing up clients through a 
> firewall to 
> >>know that it's not something I really want to do. Has anyone any 
> >>experience with a master server on an internal network and a media 
> >>server on the other side of a firewall, though ? We are looking to 
> >>replace a Backup Exec server on the DMZ with a Netbackup 
> server, and 
> >>control it with our Master NBU server that is internal. Env now is:
> >>NBU 4.5 master w/ Vault, Ndmp.
> >>Stek 9740 w/ 8 DLT7000 drives
> >>Adic Scalar 100 w/ 4 drives being controlled by:
> >>Win2000 media server, NBU 4.5
> >>And 2 other drives connected to a Netapp filer.
> >>Will be adding another Win2K media server to control 2 of the LTO
> >>drives.
> >>
> >>What I would plan on doing is another Win2k media server on the DMZ 
> >>with another Adic library attached to it. What I see as the 
> problem is 
> >>the control information going from the master to the media 
> server. Any 
> >>help will be appreciated. Bob Grabbe
> >>Dominos Pizza LLC
> >>grabbeb AT dominos DOT com
> >>
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> Jeremy Taylor
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> Ithaca College
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