Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 01:57:21 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> To: FREEBSD-QUESTIONS-L <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: IRC client (contd.) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950415015244.191C-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <2F8EBA70@mailgate.cmp.com>
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On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Plyaskin Sergey wrote:
>
> Right now, my FreeBSD box (Host3) cannot use DNS on Host2 for some reason. I
> have pointed to Host2 as my name server and configured /etc/resolv.conf. It
> does not work anyway. I can't directly access, let's say irc2.mit.edu, even
> if I have the entry for it in my host table.
Does an "nslookup irc-2.mit.edu" work? You may not be able to
connect to irc-2.mit.edu from inside the firewall because it is likely
configured to refuse connections on most ports and more than likely on
all ports above 1024 (IRC is on 6667).
> I believe I should have some
> port open (6667?) on Host2 or some kind of "IRC proxy", or something else
> (?) to allow for communication. Any ideas? Thanks.
Hmmmm... I never used IRC on or behind a firewall... it's
considered a rather large security hole by most. Can you telnet to
your host outside the firewall and IRC from there?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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