[TriLUG] IRC question

[Tarus Balog]

On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 08:25 PM, Steve Kuekes wrote:

> I'm new to IRC chatting the am attempting to connect to the trilug irc  
> system with a /server irc.trilug.org
>
> I get the following messages
> Connecting to irc.trilug.org via irc.trilug.org:6667, attempt 1 of 5...
> ===	*** Looking up your hostname...
> ===	*** Found your hostname, welcome back
> ===	*** Checking ident
> ===	*** No identd (auth) response
> ===	*** Banned: proxyscan; Open proxy found on your host. Please check  
> with staff at freenode.net for more information.
>
> I am using a mozilla chat on a windoze system behind my linux  
> firewall.  Do I need to change something on the firewall?
>

Check to see what ports are open on the firewall, accessible from the  
outside world, especially SOCKS.

When I used DirecPC, I had to use a Windoze proxy server. I ran into  
this until I shut down pretty much everything originating in the  
outside world. Sorry I can't be more specific, but after playing with  
the firewall settings, it just went away.

-T

P.S. You could also have someone port scan your IP from the outside  
world to see what's open.

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