How do i connect on Mirc to chat rooms thru my Netgear RT314 router?

[WyteWatt]

Wondering if need to do anything special to allow it to connect to some severs?
Thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

Forward port 113 to your machine if you are trying to connect to servers that require identd.

 

[WyteWatt]

that is the only way right? also how do you find all of this?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< that is the only way right? also how do you find all of this? >>



Well that is the only way I know of to get identd to work. DCC transfers might need another port forwarded, but I dont pay attention to that crap. What do you mean by your last question? If you need more information on some of this stuff, check out irchelp.org.

 

[WyteWatt]

i mean like how do you find out what ports you need to open with each program?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< i mean like how do you find out what ports you need to open with each program? >>



I guess. No, many of these programs have standard ports. 80 for http, 25 for smtp, 113 for ident (used in more than just irc). On a UNIX system, /etc/services has a list of these things. There are also lists on the net. Of course I forgot the url, so do a search for information here on ports and someone will have a link in one of the threads.

 

[lowtech1]

Opening ports to chat rooms isn't a good idea, because hackers frequently scan those ports.

Read the man pages on the programs that you intended to use for port usage.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Opening ports to chat rooms isn't a good idea, because hackers frequently scan those ports.

Read the man pages on the programs that you intended to use for port usage. >>



port 113 is pretty standard. There arent a whole lot of exploits out for identd. Unfortunately, most of EFnet requires identd to be running and connectable from the outside world. DCC and aim transfer stuff arent as necessary which is why I dont bother with them.

 

[lowtech1]

A few known 113 exploit:

Worm - Kazimas
Trojan - Invisible Identd & Daemon (can be use to steal identity).

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< A few known 113 exploit:

Worm - Kazimas
Trojan - Invisible Identd & Daemon (can be use to steal identity). >>



Ok, the worm may be able to get into some identds, but not all, and the second is for when they have already gotten in. Yeah, its best to forward as little as possible, just sometimes you have to do it. I sleep well with the idend I use so its not a big deal to me. Being on irc in general is a greater risk than keeping something like identd on the web.

 

[sml]

I think the previous posters are trying to illustrate that certain trojans bind to port 113 for the reason that many packet filtering devices [firewalls/routers] allow traffic in on this port. However, the same can be said about http [80/tcp] or smtp [25/tcp] - of course, in a real network operating system environment, only priveleged users can bind to ports below 1024, but in Windows everyone's an admin pretty much imtim83: Google the web for "/etc/services" - this is a file provided on many UNIX machines that list commonly used ports and services, this should come in handy with some of your other posts too as I see you are curious about forwarding other services through your router. Good luck!

 

[n0cmonkey]

ports

This was linked in OT, thought it applied here.