Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:12:12 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Zev Thompson" <zev@interchange.ubc.ca> Subject: Re: firewall and natd configurations (ICQ specifically) Message-ID: <20011023212007.D2C4037B405@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:25:29 -0700, Zev Thompson wrote: >I've been having troubles with ICQ and natd as well, I've set up a range of >tcp ports to take incoming requests, which forward just fine (I can receive >files etc.) but connections to the icq login server on port 4000 (udp) do >not seem to stay active; ie. I disconnect & reconnect to the server >periodically. > >In my icq firewall settings I've set up a 30 second timeout, and modified >some sysctl variables to try and prevent this from happening, but I'm >stuck. Natd works great otherwise. Any suggestions? what i did was setup a socks5 server for AIM and ICQ. I had to forward WinMX through the NATd myself though. if you need help setting up socks5 you can drop me a line. i dont know how secure socks is, but i am sure someone will through in their 2cents --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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