Re: Question about ipchains

[Tom Marshall <tmarshall@real.com>]

> > > protocols that require incoming connections are lame anyway
> > 
> > unfortunatly many do this.  
> not so many... active ftp, irc/dcc... some online gaming thingies...
> more?

Pretty much any peer-peer program (irc/dcc is just the best example of it).
For example, all IM apps that I am aware of need incoming connections for
certain features like file transfers and voice chat.

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