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Date:      Wed, 12 May 1999 13:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ICQ Behind NAT (Was: question about 2 subnets on the same switch. )
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905121322050.23756-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB440110586C@site2s1>

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On Sat, 8 May 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote:

> Pardon my intrusion, but why is this so problematic?  I've been running ICQ
> behind my firewall w/o any apparent problems.  Maybe I just haven't noticed
> them.

Is everyone switching the 'use server' switch then?

I know that it hits my firewalls and falls over.

> Also, on that note, what SOCKS proxy would you recommend?

The NEC socks5 daemon that's in ports.

> > > I *HIGHLY* recommend SOCKS for ICQ.  ICQ has such a twisted protocol
> > it's
> > > insane to run it behind a firewall any other way. I have it set up on a
> > > client's gateway and it works flawlessly.  
> > 
> > 	Thanks for that, I was wondering why it was crapping out

Doug White                               
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