nntps ports through firewall (solved)

[Bill Tangren]

Bill Tangren wrote:
> I run an nntp server (inn), on a RHEL ES4 machine, behind a firewall 
> (that I don't control). I have configured the server to accept secure 
> (SSL) connections on port 563. Access to this server on this port behind 
> the firewall works fine. I asked the firewall admin to open port 563 for 
> nntps traffic. He opened port 563 for tcp traffic only. From outside the 
> firewall, I cannot get access to the news server.
> 
> Does anyone know if it is necessary to allow udp traffic as well for inn 
> to work over SSL?
> 
> Thanks!
> Bill Tangren
> 

In case, anyone is interested, the answer is no. nntp and nntps only use 
TCP. The problem I was (and am) having is a badly configured rule 
through the firewall.

Bill Tangren