Re: - what protocol for an Internet postgres

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Nigel J(dot) Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk>, Network Administrator <netadmin(at)vcsn(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: - what protocol for an Internet postgres
Date: 2003-05-19 14:42:55
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0305190842010.18757-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Sat, 17 May 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> > This evening I try again and as before get no where. However, I then go into
> > the firewall setup and disable one particular rule that opens all remote
> > hosts/ports for a particular service. [ and then things worked ]
>
> Ooh, been there done that...
>
> I'd suggest watching the traffic with tcpdump or some such tool. I'll
> bet there are transactions going on between ports that you didn't think
> you needed to open.

FYI, if you have to take a look at your net traffic, look for ethereal.
It comes with RH nowadays, and is a very nice GUI traffic sniffer.

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