[pca] PCA and ipfilter

[John Horne]

On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 13:53 +0200, Martin Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > However, trying to check for the recent update (pca --update=check) did
> > not work - it was blocked. It seems the network traffic was coming from
> > 131.130.186.80. Allowing this through ipfilter, and the check then
> > worked fine.
> 
> Indeed - about three months ago the IP address of www.par.univie.ac.at 
> has changed from .100 to .80 in the 131.130.186. network.
> 
> > Can I ask if there is a specific set of IP addresses, or a range, that I
> > should allow through in order to ensure that PCA works.
> 
> I can't speak for sunsolve.sun.com, but the address for 
> www.par.univie.ac.at shouldn't change again soon. You could add 
> 131.130.186.0/25 instead, which should be even longer lasting.
> 
> Best thing would be to use a stateful firewall setting, of course, as 
> all connections will originate from pca inside your network.
> 
Okay, many thanks for this.


John.

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