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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:12:22 -0400
From:      "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com>
To:        "Joel Bjork" <u98jobj@stud.hh.se>, "David" <davidd@datasphereweb.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Problems with ICQ Through NAT
Message-ID:  <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEHACKAA.matt@researcher.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001214100950.u98jobj@stud.hh.se>

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> On 13-Dec-00 David wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 04:40:51PM -0400, Matt Rudderham wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I've been having trouble using ICQ on Windows Clients going through my
> >> FreeBSD 4.0-Release box running natd / ipfw. I've done a search of the
> >> archives, one suggestion was adding some redirect ports 5000-5031,
> >> that
> >> being done, it didn't make a difference. The problem only seems to
> >> occur
> >> when communicating with other users who are behind a firewall.  I'm
> >> thinking
> >> maybe a proxy would fix the problem. I've never set one up before,
> >> could
> >> anyone recommend one? I've heard lots about Squid. Of course if anyone
> >> can
> >> offer a solution that doesn't involve a proxy I'd be quite happy:)
> > I have ICQ working and have the following 2 rules in my ruleset for
> > ipfw:
> ># Allow ICQ Server Packets
> > add allow tcp from any 5190 to any via tl0
> >
> ># Allow ICQ Client-to-Client communications
> > add allow tcp from any 1024-65535 to any 1024-65535 in recv tl0
> >
> > I would also suggest installing /usr/ports/net/socks5.
>
>
> Yes, socks5 is the way to go, I tried the portforwarding thing but I
> could never get it to work properly. Another plus is that you probably
> have a few other applications that will work better with socks5. The
> manpages doesn't help much so I used this page to set it up:
>
> http://dcfonline.sfu.ca/ying/linux/socks5/index.html
>
> socks5.conf goes in /usr/local/etc/ if you put it there you can start the
> proxy with:
>
> #socks5 -t
I followed the tutorial, and all went well, however the client on the inside
still can't seem to make a direct connection to other firewalled users. Do
you have any other suggestions?

- Matt



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