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Date:      Sat, 25 May 2002 11:27:37 -0500
From:      Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Bob Kersten" <bob@fellownet.org>
Subject:   Re: msn messenger and freebsd
Message-ID:  <20020525112737.45d75076.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
In-Reply-To: <002e01c20232$9577ec40$2849a8c0@bob>
References:  <002e01c20232$9577ec40$2849a8c0@bob>

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On Thu, 23 May 2002 10:19:37 +0200
"Bob Kersten" <bob@fellownet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>     I've changed my computer setup at home from a single WinXP machine
> to a XP machine behind a FreeBSD server using natd to forward my
> packages. My firewall type is open and should allow all traffic to go
> from my XP machine (10.0.0.2) through my FreeBSD machine (ed1 -
> 10.0.0.1) to the outer world (ed0 - xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). Everything seems
> to work just fine except for sending and receiving files in MSN
> Messenger, which worked just fine when I had my WinXP machine
> connected directly to the internet. All the other features of MSN
> Messenger, such as whiteboard, seem to fail. Chatting does work, and
> others can see my online status and I can see theirs.
> 
>     Are those file transfers blocked by FreeBSD in any way? Is this a
> common problem and is there a simple solution to this? Are there other
> members of this mailinglist who has encountered the same kind of
> problems? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
>  Bob.

The IPFilter project is working on a H.232 proxy that may allow this 
to work. You can search the IPFilter mailing list archives at:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ipfilter&r=1&w=2

Home page at:

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html


Regards,

Stephen Hilton
nospam@hiltonbsd.com

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