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Date:      Tue, 05 May 1998 22:24:57 -0700
From:      Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
To:        zxd <zxd@ns.trans-cosmos.com.cn>, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: icq can't pass sock5 proxy on bsd
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19980505222457.031399d8@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <354FE635.2FCD367@trans-cosmos.com.cn>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980505210127.9802M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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At 12:25 PM 5/6/98 +0800, zxd wrote:
>i set it, for sock4/sock5 and all other options, still not work :-(
>
>Doug White wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 6 May 1998, zxd wrote:
>>
>> > why? how?
>>
>> eh?  Well, SOCKS is usually used in firewalled setups.  One of the early
>> network config pages in ICQ asks in large letters if you're running behind
>> a firewall or not.  You should set that option.

What do your log files say about the socks connections being opened and
close? I remember when I used socks5 for icq it kept opening and closing
sock5 connections and taking forever. I switched to natd, redirected 15
ports, and told ICQ to use the TCP port range. It works quite well that way.
--Ludwig Pummer
ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org
ICQ UIN: 692441   http://chipweb.home.ml.org

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