[Opensim-users] Robust accepting registration requestsfrom OpenSim.exe

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Yeah, if you're using the default ROBUST configuration then 8003 is the one you want to protect.  8002 has to be left 
open for the client to reach the login service, grid info and voice (if present).

On 07/04/11 17:05, Tim Gildersleeve wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Justin.
>
> So to protect it with a Firewall, would that be putting port 8003 behind
> the firewall?  Is that the port used between region and grid servers and
> 8002 the port used by the client to connect to regions/grid?
>
> Regards
> Tim
>
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> Clark-Casey
> Sent: 06 April 2011 23:43
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Robust accepting registration requestsfrom
> OpenSim.exe
>
> On 06/04/11 12:05, Tim Gildersleeve wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have done some searching but haven't been able to find anything on
> this, I am sorry if I have missed something obvious.
>>
>> Back in 0.6 the grid servers required a send and receive key to
>> authorise the region server to register with the grid server. I can't
>> see any obvious facility for this now in Robust. I run a small
>> personal grid and recently moved it to another server with Robust and
>> OpenSim.ini (with about 8 regions) running on that machine. I kept
>> some regions that were not often used on my existing server and
>> changed them to connect to the Robust server on the new machine. It
>> all worked perfectly so that was good.. but it got me thinking. When I
> set my old server to register regions on the external robust server, all
> I had to do was point it to the address. I didn't have to put in any key
> to sell the Robust server who I was. Apart from the security via
> obscurity of people not guessing the address of my Robust server, anyone
> could register any regions on this it seems.
>>
>> There must be more to it than this, what am I missing?
>
> The keys were removed some time ago.  As far as I recall, the feeling
> was that it didn't provide meaningful security and there were no strong
> objections to their removal.
>
> If you want to protect your robust server then you will need to do it
> via firewall settings.
>
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