Re: irc+iptables

["it clown" <suse@mailbox.co.za>]

Sorry i ment port 6667 and not port 80 in the nat. I just
throught that because in isa server you can connect to irc
through it you could do the same with squid.

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 07:51:25 -0400
 Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 05:03, it clown wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > i am having some trouble in getting irc working through
> > iptables and squid.When i put a forwarder in my
> iptables
> > rule i can connect to irc but when i want to go through
> the
> > proxy i have no luck.I have loaded the ip_nat_irc and
> > tried:
> > 
> > -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT
> > --to-ports 3128.
> 
> which is a nat rule redirecting tcp port 80 traffic to
> your squid cache
> running on tcp port 3128.
> 
> > I have made the changes in squid to allown port 6667.
> > Port 6667 is allowed OUT.
> 
> what has has led you to believe that squid can proxy IRC
> traffic?  i may
> be out of the loop, but AFAIK, squid supports proxying
> for:  HTTP,
> HTTPS, FTP, Gopher, and WAIS.
> 
> even if it did support proxying for IRC, you're only
> redirecting port
> 80.
> 
> for IRC, you'll need to use a forward rule along the
> lines of:
> 
>   iptables -A FORWARD -i $INSIDE_IF -p tcp --syn --dport
> 6667 -j ACCEPT
> 
> HTH...
> 
> -j
> 
> disclaimer:  the rules contained in this message are
> meant to illustrate
> the requested functionality only, and not intended as a
> recommendation
> of best practices.  never execute any commands without
> fully
> understanding the implications.
> 
> -- 
> Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>
> 
> 

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