Fwd: Re: ICQ over IP Masquerading

[Jay Barbee <jybarb01@torch.adm.louisville.edu>]

I didn't see this come through the first time, so here is a repost.
--Jay

>Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:42:10 -0500
>To: "Paul Miller" <pmiller@mtu.edu>
>From: Jay Barbee <jybarb01@torch.adm.louisville.edu>
>Subject: Re: ICQ over IP Masquerading
>
>At 11/30/98 02:42 PM -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>Has anyone gotten ICQ to work over Linux IP Masquerading?  Someone said
>>something about telling Linux that ICQ uses ports 2000 to 4000, but I don't
>>know what to do with them or how.  Can anyone help?
>
>You need to set up on the Linux side:
>/sbin/ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 4000 -c udp 4000 -u
>
>and in ICQ you need to go into the preferences and go to the "Connection" 
>tab, and tell it you have a permanent connetion to the internet and you are 
>behind a firewall.  Next click the "Firewall settings" button.  Next say you 
>don't use a SOCKS proxy server and click NEXT.  They select the TCP ports 
>2000 - 4000.  That is it!
>
>You will need to close ICQ (not just disconnect) and reopen it for the 
>changes to take effect.
>
>--Jay