Use an app triggered port forward
Whatever port you connect to the IRC server (usually it is 6667), have it
trigger a port forward of port 113 (TCP).
That should do the trick for IDENT (it'll forward the port for 2 minutes,
more than enough time for you to connect to the irc server.
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"FF8" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> anyone know of a way I can have ident work for irc but have it still
appear
> as stealth for scans. ive set up port forwarding. but then its seen as
> closed when i do this. my router is model mn 700
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