Re: {bb} Multiple BBNET servers

["PAUL WILLIAMSON" <pwilliamson@mandtbank.com>]

There's a dirty little secret - bb-hosts don't need to be the same.

Actually, each of our bb-hosts file is different.  Most of the clients

only know about the BBDISPLAY and the BBPAGER.  No client knows 
which BBNET belongs to them.  Actually, the closest two bb-hosts 
files are the BBDISPLAY and BBPAGER.  Although BBPAGER only 
has the list of ip addresses and host names.  The BBDISPLAY doesn't 
know what tests are being performed on each host, and the BBNET 
servers each have their own list of hosts, the only thing in common 
with them is the BBPAGER and BBDISPLAY.

So, you have a distinct BBDISPLAY and BBPAGER in the DMZ, or are 
they the same machine?  Is the non-DMZ server a 
BBPAGER/BBDISPLAY/BBNET server, or are they each different?

We have 4 BBNET servers, all capable of performing the same tests, 
a BBDISPLAY (which also functions as it's own BBPAGER) and a 
separate BBPAGER.  We used to have a BBPAGER/BBDISPLAY/BBNET 
server in each of our DMZs (with the non-DMZ server defined as a 
BBRELAY) and only required 1984 from the specific hosts in to 
the internal network to the specific display and pager.

So, just add BBRELAY to the DMZ server, list all your DMZ 
hosts in the BBDISPLAY.  If that is also the BBNET server, just put 
a noconn after those machines in the DMZ and you'll get the 
conn (plus any other net tests) from the remote (DMZ) bb server.

HTH,
Paul

>>> novosirj@umdnj.edu 01/14/06 3:22 PM >>>
How does one handle the following situation?:

One cannot ping across the firewall in my organization. DMZ machines
can 
ping other DMZ machines and non-DMZ machines can ping other non-DMZ 
machines. My future BB machine will be multi-homed. However, there is 
probably a way to handle this with two different machines. However,
what 
is it? bb-hosts is supposed to be the same on both hosts, and I only 
want there to be one display.

How is it done?
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