firewall problem; how to socksify ?

I got a probable firewall problem
connecting to FICS, freechess.org with latest xboard

Since I'm running xboard on Linux I don't
know whether I can socksify xboard,
as adviced in man and FAQ page.

With:
xboard -ics -icshost freechess.org

I couldn't get neither the menu line
File Mode Action Step Options Help
in the graphical interface, while I got the chessboard,
then I got stall.

Issuing:
telnet freechess.org
I managed to log in, to give username and password,
and all works fine, but I have no Graphical interface.

When I issued:

telnet freechess.org
I managed to log in, to give username and password,
and all works fine, but I have no Graphical interface.

When I issued:
xboard -ics -gateway fastweb.it -icshost freechess.org
-telnet -telnetProgram telnet -icsport 23 -icslogon ~/.icsrc
-size small -autoflag -autosave -colorize

I managed to log into freechess server, but then I was stalled

because after
the prompt fics%
I got stop , no life.

Is it possible to fix this firewall problem ?

If so, how can I fix this firewall problem ?

Thank you for any reply

-- Giancarlo Bassi


---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Facilmente comprensibile l'insegnamento dato dalla natura attraverso
la fillotassi: nella vita un po' di irrazionalita' e' necessaria,
ma un minimo e' sufficiente" Piergiorgio Odifreddi

GB

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:00:56 +0100, Giancarlo Bassi wrote:

> I got a probable firewall problem
> connecting to FICS, freechess.org with latest xboard
>
> Is it possible to fix this firewall problem ?
>
> If so, how can I fix this firewall problem ?

That would depend on how tight your firewall is.

You could just allow all connection from your machine with

iptables -A OUTPUT -o <int> -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT

This would allow all new connections from your machine out the outbound
interface

If you run a tight firewall then you would only need to open that port
like this;

iptables -A OUTPUT -o <int> -p tcp --dport <port> -m state --state NEW -j
ACCEPT


--

Regards
Robert

Smile... it increases your face value!


----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----