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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2000 08:33:49 -0700
From:      Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ICQ behind natd masquerade
Message-ID:  <20000921083348.B65154@lunatic.oneinsane.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000921150843.A12529@cipher.home.at>; from bernhard.valenti@gmx.net on Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 03:08:43PM %2B0200
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Bernhard Valenti (bernhard.valenti@gmx.net) wrote:
> sounds plausible..
> i changed the timeout for UDP to 600 seconds ( i took a look at the linux icq masq module and that uses 600 too )
> in /usr/src/lib/libalias/alias_db.c line 159
> 
> maybe its possible to only increase the timeout out for icq ?
> cause i guess a timeout of 600 can easily flood the table ?
> 
> regards,
> bernhard valenti
>  
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 10:53:46AM +0200, Roman Shterenzon wrote:
> > Just my 0.02$;
> > The ICQ is uses udp to contact the server; perhaps the natd "forgets" about
> > your icq session when the interval between the packets is too great?
> > maybe you need to decrease the interval in icq or increase some timeout
> > in natd.
> > However I have no idea if my theory is right, guys, anyone, opinion?
> 

Another option would be to install socks5 on the NAT server and run ICQ
with socks5 support and see what happens.

Just a thought
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