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On Fri, 31 May 2002 14:53:10 +0000 (UTC), "Rajan Karunakaran" <rkaran at hotmail.com> wrote: >Does CVS use the same port for communication on the client and server? >Meaning does the server send and receive through the same port and does the >client do the same as well? Or do they use two different ports for send an= >d >receive? > > Normally Sockets communication is done like this: - The server listens on a specific port (2401) - When a call is done the client requests a connection and the server accepts this *on another* port - Then the server continues listening on the 2401 port This way clients do not block each other. But the firewall must be able to handle the communication that is caused by the initial call to 2401 on different ports. /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) _______________________________________________ Cvsnt mailing list Cvsnt at cvsnt.org http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs