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Re: [ECS] web interface and firewalls Ingo Pakleppa Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:43:46 -0700

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Are you talking about putting ECS behind a firewall, or are you talking 
about putting ECS directly on the Internet, and accessing it from somewhere 
behind a firewall?

If you mean the second, it shouldn't be a problem with the two main 
firewall mechanisms I am familiar with. It wouldn't ever be a problem with 
NAT (or "masquerading") firewalls because they will simply forward the 
request regardless of port. Normally, a proxy-type firewall won't be a 
problem, either, because it will look at the protocol identifier (http:) 
rather than the port number. I don't know enough about stateful inspection, 
but I doubt it would be a problem there, either.

In both cases, individual firewall configuration may yet throw you a curve.

At 05:49 PM 6/27/00 -0400, Dan Hoehnen wrote:
>I'm just wondering if anyone is using the ECS web interface through a
>firewall.  I think ECS defaults to port 3000, which I think may be a problem
>since it is not a "well known" port.  I have not tried it yet.  I just want
>to see if it's possible before I possibly beat my head against the wall for
>too long.
>
>If you are using it through a firewall, did you have to do anything special?
>
>Dan

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