[rhn-users] RHN Proxy Server Requirements

[Todd Warner]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Aboobacker (Network Admin.) wrote:

> I have 128 Kbps leased line, how can i configure the proxy server on
> RedHat 3.0
> Internal IP range is 172.16.. and external is 62.149... .
> Where I can notify incoming and outgoing port and proxy server address.
> 
> Please inform me, its useful for us.
> With regards,
> Aboobacker

I am not sure what you are asking. RHN Proxy is not available on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 just yet.

If you are looking for firewalling information, the only ports you
should have open are 80 and 443 (and I recommend 22 for SSHing, or is it
23?). And if you are finished with testing and using nothing but SSL,
you can close off 80 as well.

-Todd

> ----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Todd Warner
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:35 PM
> To: Red Hat Network Users List
> Subject: Re: [rhn-users] RHN Proxy Server Requirements
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Jonathan Fischer wrote:
> 
> > Can the RHN Proxy Server be installed on Red Hat Enterprise AS 3?  The
> > whitepaper and requirements listed for it on the website indicated
> that
> > only AS 2.1 was supported, while the documentation that came as part
> of
> > the ISO download says AS 2.1 Update 3 or later.
> > 
> > Jonathan Fischer
> 
> Working on it! :)
> 
> It's non-trivial due to the python change (and associated libraries) and
> the 8000 other things on my and other's todo list. RHN Proxy (and
> Satellite) on RHEL 3 AS has moved *way* up in priority though. I have
> been actively working on this particular issue for some time now. Of
> course, RHN Proxy is a markedly easier port due to the lesser reliance
> on outside tools/libraries.
> 
> ETA? I believe we are allowed to say... later this year.
> 
> Why haven't we done it yet? Namely because there was no need -- AS 2.1,
> just like all the RHEL products, has a nice long supported lifetime and
> the product works just dandy on it.
> 
> Regardless, it needs to happen, customers want it, so... it's coming. :)
> 
> 

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