From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Carlos Fernandez Sanz" Subject: Re: MSN helper module Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:35:48 +0100 Sender: netfilter-devel-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <002801c2a5fb$1eb92660$152ea8c0@maincomp> References: <200212171647.gBHGkxmD003537@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: , "Michael Richardson" Errors-To: netfilter-devel-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org Yes, it needs some support for file tranmission, voice, etc. The protocol works a lot like FTP when using PORT (active) connections. The initiator client sends its IP address and a port number for the other end to connect to. For basic messaging it doesn't need any special NAT support, though - the reason being that all connections are outgoing and there are no related children connections. So it is not a lot of work but it needs to be done. I haven't found anything about it so I'm assuming no one has started any work, so I'll do it myself. Anyway it's pretty much a one man job. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Richardson" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 17:46 Subject: Re: MSN helper module > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > >>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Schaaf writes: > Patrick> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:57:35AM +0100, Carlos Fernandez Sanz wrote: > >> > >> Is there a helper module for MSN? If not, is it being developed and can I > >> join the effort? > >> > >> If nothing is being done I'll just write the module myself before not having > >> full MSN support becomes a serious issue and starts going up... > > Patrick> Ahem - what would such a helper module have to do? As far as I know, > Patrick> MSN is an Internet Service Provider, and there is no network protocol > Patrick> called MSN. Did that change? Do they do the AOL, 10 years later? > > I don't know, cause I've never been there, but I think that he means the > MSN instant message protocol. There is even a possibility that this is just > IETF IMPP. (Embrace and extend...) > I didn't think it needed NAT support. > > ] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [ > ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ > ] mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ > ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Finger me for keys > > iQCVAwUBPf9U/YqHRg3pndX9AQE8oAQA6QLDohf/d+Fi86FPQ2ONrk8LiSqgKmwI > aiG+cL6pmH+R5lihxYBWMEJ/T+2MpMfeopP4Hc/mquzrkOpo6J64J8EmeqlcAm9c > 7Rn/K/MvLK2VXFSkqzahZ7S2t5QmfeCQPtgp3QePKqy79AszWW+bxracQ9+ES7A6 > BAzsdtHuPhs= > =v3E+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >