[oclug] MSN file transfers through iptables NAT

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 17/07/03 Jon Earle did speaketh:

> Hi folks,
> 
> Has anyone configured MSN file transfers through an iptables NAT gateway?
> simply enabling the ports doesn't seem to work.  I found a program called
> reaim that I tried to configure; I thought I followed the directions on
> http://reaim.sourceforge.net/setup.html, but it doesn't seem to work
> either.  I probably have the port numbers for MSN wrong and perhaps the
> "port-enabling-command" locations in my rc.firewall script as well.

    You might try running a sniffer on the gateway during a transfer,
and looking at what ports are used. This question comes up a lot, and we
should solve it, even though I'm loath to interoperate with MSN in any
way. 

    Mike

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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
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