Subject Re: [firebird-support] Superclassic, firewalls and events - a question
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
Milan Babuskov wrote:
> Alexandre Benson Smith wrote:
>
>> SS or CS has the same features, both supports events, if one tells me CS
>> does not support events
>>
>
> It does support. Problem is only when CS is behind a firewall.
>
>
>> Events are a reverse connection, the client app becomes a server
>> listenning to a specific port for the events server sends.
>>
>
> No. Client app is *never* listening. Server opens a secondary listener
> on a different port.
>

I had read your paper...

I had a misconception....

I thought when a client is listenining to an event.. I assume it *has*
an open port so the server could send a notification.

thank you for the clarification.

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br