On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 11:53 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 18 September 2005 22:10, Craig White wrote: > > > >>On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 21:29 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>Darn. Bittorrent can't get thru my firewall. ftp-able iso's sure > >>>would be nice. > >> > >>---- > >>Why don't you fix your firewall - IIRC, you control your own > > > > firewalling > > > >>Craig > > > > > > There are actually several places I'd have to take the tinsnips to in > > order to cut a bittorrent sized hole into here. > > > > Theres the router in addition to iptables to deal with. > > > > I've actually made several passes at it, but the relative lack of > > error reporting cripples me in that its a failure, but totally silent > > when I try to start a tracker. > > You don't need to start a tracker to use a bittorrent client. I've > downloaded Fedora ISOs without problems at work, where I am sat behind a > Cisco PIX firewall that has *no* incoming ports open (though I can make > whatever outbound connections I like, which work as the firewall allows > the return data back in). ---- but we are discussing Gene's firewall setup. Why don't you explain you firewall setup for Paul and perhaps he can guide you. ;-) Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
