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#607 closed defect (duplicate)

Jabber port list restriction

Reported by: Matthew Cengia <mattcen@…> Owned by:
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: BitlBee Version: 1.2.6
Keywords: Cc:
IRC client+version: Client-independent Operating System: Linux
OS version/distro:

Description

I think that the limits imposed on the ports that can be used for Jabber are unnecessary and can potentially be a hindrance.

I for example connect to a private server at my workplace, which I have to port forward via SSH to my local system. These port restrictions mean that I need to forward to one of the listed ports (5222, 5223, 5220, 5221, 5224, 5225, 5226, 5227, 5228, 5229, 80, 443). As it is the system I use BitlBee on already has services on ports 5222, 80, and 443.

I have commented out the section of code that checks for port validity (jabber.c:202-211), and everything seems to work fine.

Is there any particular reason why this restriction is in place? If nothing else, I think that rather than just an "Illegal port number" error, the accepted ports should be listed so the user know what BitlBee considers to be "legal".

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comment:1 Changed at 2010-04-25T08:08:58Z by Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@…>

Yeah, sorry, that list is mostly meant for public servers. People were worried that BitlBee could be used as a port scanner. I think the risk isn't huge but decided to be on the safe side anyway.

What BitlBee needs is the ability to enable/disable this kind of safeguards easily from the configs.

comment:2 Changed at 2010-04-25T08:12:08Z by Matthew Cengia <mattcen@…>

Thanks for the quick response :-).

That makes sense; I suppose an option in bitlbee.conf to disable that small code chunk would do the trick. Thanks for the explanation. If I get a chance I might dig into the code and see if I can write it in myself :D.

-- Regards, Matthew Cengia

comment:3 Changed at 2010-06-30T23:54:08Z by wilmer

Resolution: duplicate
Status: newclosed

Oh yes, this is actually a duplicate: #265

I still have to add some way to configure limits/etc on a BitlBee machine. I have some ideas for it now, at least.

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