Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-16 Thread Technoslick
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 14:32, rikona wrote: Hello Technoslick, Sunday, June 15, 2003, 7:31:07 AM, you wrote: T I have a Linksys router/gateway that has the ability to dynamically T open ports and port ranges when a certain executable is requesting T to do so from a network client. This has

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-16 Thread Technoslick
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 18:36, FemmeFatale wrote: At 06:23 PM 6/15/2003 -0400, you wrote: snip but it makes no sense for me to manually open ports 1024-65535 and then just as manually shut them down after a chat or video conference session when I have the ability to let the router do it

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-16 Thread Technoslick
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 18:40, FemmeFatale wrote: snip Rikona has hit it. ICQ does this as well it seems as if you look on the net ICQ tries to use / request (I joke not) 64,000 *yes THOUSAND* Ports! jesus... no wonder IT security guys hate ICQ. *If* you want to have chat sessions, and audio

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 00:31, Technoslick wrote: I've got LICQ configured on my MDK 9.1 workstation with my ICQ accounts. I tried to open the needed ports on my router for a full chat session, but it doesn't seem to be working. I cannot create a peer-to-peer chat session, just IM. Obviously,

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 07:34, Anne Wilson wrote: Linux isn't going to necessarily TELL you what program wants to use a port - just that a port is requesting to be opened. Just force open the ICQ ports and you should be right. How do you do that, Stephen? Anne With the understanding

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-15 Thread Technoslick
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 17:08, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 00:31, Technoslick wrote: I've got LICQ configured on my MDK 9.1 workstation with my ICQ accounts. I tried to open the needed ports on my router for a full chat session, but it doesn't seem to be working. I cannot

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-15 Thread Technoslick
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 19:40, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:23, Technoslick wrote: So, what do you think? If 'licq' is running, is *it* requesting the ports or some other supporting program? If the latter, any idea what that/they might be? I would have thought someone using

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically openingports in Linksys router]

2003-06-15 Thread Technoslick
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 19:45, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:46, Technoslick wrote: Untrue, Stephen. Every application that communicates through a port, or series of ports, has a signature, for lack of a better term. It's best to explain through the Windows end just