Re: tarsnap-keygen: Error registering with server (too many network failures)

[tarsnap <tarsnap@infopower.nl>]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:23:06 +0100
John <john@commonpeople.uk> wrote:

> On 04/14/2016 03:43 PM, John Noll wrote:
> > Greetings:
> > I am having difficulty generating a key using tarsnap-keygen:
> 
> > A google search came up with one suggestion that port 9279 needs to
> > be opened for outgoing traffic, so I tried using ufw to achieve
> > this:
> 
> 1. You could test whether your firewall is the issue by disabling it 
> entirely,

That is a bad advise in general, and a very bad advise for a
'truly paranoid' who is using tarsnap for a good reason.

I most seriously advise against doing this as it could set you back to
the safety level of Dropbox and the likes.
My advise would be to read the firewall rules and check that way
whether or not the tarsnap servers are blocked or not.

joe


> trying tarsnap-keygen again, and then enabling once you
> know the answer.
> 
> sudo ufw disable
> sudo ./tarsnap-keygen [etc...]
> sudo ufw enable
> 
> 2. Is there another firewall between your computer and the world?
> Even on my home network there's a firewall on my router.
> 
> John Harris
> Information Processing Officer
> The Common People