[FLUME-994] Support connection initiation in reverse direction

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0
• Labels: possibl
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mike Percy
• Created: 23/Feb/12 21:42
• Updated: 06/Jul/17 22:03

Description

Support initiating a network connection in the "reverse" direction: from Sink to Source.

Use case: In an environment where data is being collected into the corp network from the production network, often there is a firewall specifying one-way connection initiatiion from corp to prod. This feature is to allow connection initiation from corp to prod, and then allow data to flow through that connection from a prod Source back to a corp Sink.

I know of one situation where Flume was considered for adoption, then abandoned because this feature was not available.

Issue Links

• is related to: FLUME-13 Secure transport from outside of a corporate firewall to within a corporate firewall