Re: IPTABLES configuration for tarsnap

[Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>]

On 09/28/11 10:20, Max Hennig wrote:
> I have configured my iptables rules the following way:
> [...]

I'm a BSD guy so I don't know what iptables rules you need, but...

> As the port 9279 was described somewhere on the tarsnap website but I
> can't find it anymore. It looks like I was missing something as these
> rules do not seem to be enough because I still get errors from tarsnap
> saying:
> 
> tarsnap: Too many network failures
> 
> Does anyone know what exactly is required by tarsnap or maybe send me
> his iptables configuration (only those parts regarding tarsnap).

... tarsnap needs to open outgoing connections to port tcp/9279.

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Colin Percival
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