From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 23 14:20:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2C4037B405 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:20:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 27580 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2001 21:20:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.148) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 21:20:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 2801 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2001 21:13:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 21:13:19 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions" , "Zev Thompson" Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:12:12 -0400 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: firewall and natd configurations (ICQ specifically) Message-Id: <20011023212007.D2C4037B405@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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