On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:01:52 +0000 (GMT). With the Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> And the Organization Header: . The famous author: "Scott C. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Wrote on the subject: Re: Kaboodle 0.99 released!:
>Sten-Arne: > > Heya. My servers are in fact running on a DSL line >provided by PacBell. The one listening on port 4183 of the >.59 machine is a Gnutella introduction server. > > The idea is this: when you're trying to connect to >your VPN partner, Kaboodle first tries a direct connection >to the IP address it last used for that partner. The *very* >first time it connects, it uses the IP address that's in the >Partnership file (so, the IP address your partner was web >browsing from when they registered). If the connection fails >to authenticate via the "direction connection", though, Kaboodle >resorts to a Gnutella search to find your VPN partner; it >literally searches the Kaboodle-Gnutella space to find the >Partnership file. Once found, it tries to authenticate to >the IP address where the file was found. > > So in short, the .59 machine is the initial Gnutella >server that a Gnutella client needs to get started. I have it >listening to 4183 and not the standard Gnutella port (TCP 6347) >just to avoid the world of noise on that channel. I *believe* >you can delete the Gnutella DLL that comes with Kaboodle, and >it will still direct-connect with your VPN partners without >trouble. It just won't, obviously, be able to perform any >partner discovery. > > Hope that explains things... > >cheers, >Scott > Thanks for the explanation Scott, I appreciate it. I'm a bit paranoid perhaps, but better safe than sorry. :-) Happy New Year to you. Sten-Arne ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Kaboodle-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kaboodle-devel
