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Re: firewall/nat issues

2005-06-28 16:13:59
Subject: Re: firewall/nat issues
From: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie AT rfa DOT org>
To: Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:01:45 -0400
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 02:46:12PM -0500, Frank Smith wrote:
> --On Tuesday, June 28, 2005 15:09:42 -0400 Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie 
> AT rfa DOT org> wrote:
> > As far as I can figure out there isn't a way for me to prevent the
> > source port from being masqueraded using ipchains. Please correct me if
> > I am wrong.
> > 
> It's been so long since I used ipchains I couldn't say for sure.
> 
> One possible interim workaround for you until you get your firewall
> issues resolved:
>   Use rsync to keep a copy of the remote DLE's on an internal
> server (rsync can even use exclude files), and then use Amanda
> to back up the local copy.
>   This method also works well for remote machines on low bandwidth
> links, since rsync is just doing incremental changes, so your level
> 0's don't have to drag all the data over a slow link each time it
> runs.

The rsync solution is exactly what I just settled on moments ago.
Thanks.

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