Firewall default deny

[fredbloggs13]

Yip a uni firewall

Set default deny in both directions. So 6346 is blocked

I have ports that I can connect on eg 22 6000 etc

However!! I cannot connect everyone seems to say there should be no problem with connecting initially since it is like a web browser. but I can't!
It looks to me like gtk-gnutella /limewire is trying to connect to servers on port 6346. Hence blocked.
I know my web browsing runs through a SQUID proxy server not direct.
Would this be what is upsetting it?
Are there any linux gnutella clients that could use this proxy?

Many thanks

[Paradog]

As I recall you can set up the port to connect to.
But since most Gnutella clients are listening on Port 6346 you cant connect unless a client has another Port which he listens on.

[Taliban]

In fact you can connect to gnutella without opening the listening port. You just can't accept any incoming connections and have to upload files by push.

[fredbloggs13]

What does the connect actually do, does it use the 6346 port and can I set any client to use my proxy?

[Taliban]

gtk-gnutella has sort of a proxy support, but it doesn't work very smoothly, if you ask me.

Port 6346 is your listening port. That's were other clients connect, when they want to open a gnutella 0.6/0.4 connection or when they want to download any files. But that's also the port where other firewalled hosts would connect to you when you want to download a file from them.

If you close your client's listening port you can't download from firewalled hosts.