RE: using mIRC with DCC

DCC generally works between 1000 to 1500, it is a different port for every
connection. As far as I'm aware there is no 'official' documentation on DCC.
This, of course, also means you can't put DCC through a socks proxy ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Pelletier [mailto:mikep@comshare.com]
> Sent: 26 May 1998 21:21
> To: Rick Kunze
> Cc: wizard@sybaweb.co.za; squid-users@nlanr.net
> Subject: Re: using mIRC with DCC
>
>
> On Tue, 26 May 1998, Rick Kunze wrote:
>
> > Mirc or DCC should not be affected by squid as far as I know. We're not
> > having any problem here.
>
> Right, IRC has nothing to do with Squid. IRC talks on port 6667
> usually, and if DCC isn't working, it's probably due to a blocked port
> on the packet-filtering firewall. I don't know much about DCC, but
> the idea is not entirely comfortable with me and my security paranoia.
>
> -Mike.
>
>
Received on Wed May 27 1998 - 12:31:14 MDT