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Re: Status of "--with-portrange"?

2004-09-16 17:23:48
Subject: Re: Status of "--with-portrange"?
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:20:49 -0400
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 04:53:59PM -0400, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
> I'm getting ready to write up my notes on what I learned on amanda's use of 
> ports in firewalls, and have one further question. Someplace, I thought I 
> read that the configuration option '--with-portrange' is obsolete and should 
> not be used. Instead, '--with-tcpportrange' is preferred. Is this correct? 
> Any subtleties I should include?

  --with-portrange == --with-tcpportrange
  --with-portrange != --with-udpportrange

Too many people thought --with-portrange affected
both tcp and udp ports.

Now the recommendation is to use the explicit option forms.

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