On Monday 20 January 2003 13:48, Malte Gell wrote: > Hi, > > the network settings have an option "I am behind a firewall", what > exactly is its purpose ? > > Does it avoid any direct connections from other clients ? > > How is this option related to the other options that let one choose a > certain port where Licq listens for incoming connections ? > > I *am* behind a firewall and do not want to allow Licq to listen for > direct connections, so I have to enable "i am..." ?
AFAIK this settings tells remote clients that you are behind a firewall and thus they don't have to try to contact you directly, but instead contact you through the server. I believe this setting does not _force_ direct connections to beeing dropped, it is only informational. But i'm not completely sure. Thomas
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