Re: [VANILLA-CLIENTS:90] netrek

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 04:38:50PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote:
> 
> You cannot play netrek from behind a proxy server or firewall, unless you are
> running proxy that understands netrek packets. The proxy software is called 
> trekopd, but I believe it only works on a unix box.

You cannot play behind a service level proxy (e.g. SOCKS).  However, you
can play from behind a packet level proxy or firewall which allows incoming
packets through outgoing connections initiated from the inside.  NATS is a
good example of a packet level proxy, but it is not a firewall (though it
is most often used in conjunction with one).

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