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@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > _____________________________________________________________________ For super low premiums ,click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote
