Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-04-05 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > thanks. > (I don't run an ftp server). OK. I made this assumption because you had the FTP ports open! > mmm. Since I have reduced the number of peers allowed, the blocking > indications from the firewall have stopped. One of the torrent faq > sites mentioned about the al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-28 Thread alan c
Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 28/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am mystified though about the service names (and associated ports) >> at the time. For example one was Gatecrasher (service name) and this >> was trying to go out on port 6969 and google indicates this is a >> (windows) tro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-28 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 28/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am mystified though about the service names (and associated ports) > at the time. For example one was Gatecrasher (service name) and this > was trying to go out on port 6969 and google indicates this is a > (windows) trojan. Hi Alan, I can't answ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-28 Thread alan c
alan c wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: >> Alan, >> >> alan c wrote: >> >>> I note that I have FTP allowed in firestarter for outbound on ports >>> 20-21, but presumably that is not he same ftp function you describe? >> >> No, the outbound ports you allow will let users of your machine use ftp >> to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > alan c wrote: > >> I note that I have FTP allowed in firestarter for outbound on ports >> 20-21, but presumably that is not he same ftp function you describe? > > No, the outbound ports you allow will let users of your machine use ftp > to some remote ftp server a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > I note that I have FTP allowed in firestarter for outbound on ports > 20-21, but presumably that is not he same ftp function you describe? No, the outbound ports you allow will let users of your machine use ftp to some remote ftp server and is completely independent of any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > alan c wrote: >> I like to seed open source software, particularly Ubuntu family, from >> a machine which is mostly set aside just for this. >> >> I am using Ktorrent in Kubuntu 6.06.1, and Firestarter as a firewall >> management app. I am no expert so the gui is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > I like to seed open source software, particularly Ubuntu family, from > a machine which is mostly set aside just for this. > > I am using Ktorrent in Kubuntu 6.06.1, and Firestarter as a firewall > management app. I am no expert so the gui is very welcomed. > > I believe

[ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
I like to seed open source software, particularly Ubuntu family, from a machine which is mostly set aside just for this. I am using Ktorrent in Kubuntu 6.06.1, and Firestarter as a firewall management app. I am no expert so the gui is very welcomed. I believe I have set the firewall settings to