-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, 2009-05-05 at 00:37 +0930, Rodney Baker wrote:
I think what he may be referring to is something like BitTorrent or other uPnP-capable apps. Many DSL-type routers these days support uPnP where BT can punch a hole in the firewall to allow sharing during the period when it is running - when the app closes the firewall should automatically shut off the port again.
Ah, yes. It triggers when it sees certain port going out, and responds by opening certain other ports going in. It may combine with NAT by sending those incoming packets to the computer that "opened" the door in the wall first. I tried it, and didn't work so well, my router hung. A fixed configuration seems to be more reliable.
Personally, I don't like the idea, but it is out there and it does work. I'm not sure though that openSuse firewall (or iptables generally) supports it though.
No, I have no idea how to implement that. Some clever scripting, perhaps. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn/N0QACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WrvwCfccrudU9HE2YgRn3a6yynI1QO 0LgAnjjdntVMxUhUEFzuD86vaga7mkw7 =4VWV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org