From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: bidirectional ip_conntrack_irc Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:11:39 +0100 Message-ID: <43C5D6FB.5070303@trash.net> References: <4dc54d760512300911o5c386f4n76c07d078d5142f8@mail.gmail.com> <43BA675A.70101@trash.net> <4dc54d760601101707k1971896dx600e15af5b209a1e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org Return-path: To: Sven Wandersleb In-Reply-To: <4dc54d760601101707k1971896dx600e15af5b209a1e@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org Sven Wandersleb wrote: >>>is there any Plans to get ip_conntrack_irc working in both directions? >>>Its sad to have connections called NEW, if in fact they are RELATED. >> >>What do you mean by "both directions"? > > > ip_conntrack_irc only tracks my DCC connections when i send files to > others on irc. This is necessary because there needs to be a port on > my NAT forwarded to my computer so that the otherone can connect. > > If i receive a file from another user its not necesarry to open any > ports, so this is ignored by ip_conntrack_irc. Yet the connection is > (or imho should be considered) related to the main irc connection. Ah, I see now, the helpers ignores packets in the other direction. I'm going to look into if its easily possible to change this.