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0001262aMuleExternal Connpublic2008-02-16 10:532008-06-06 03:07
Brezhonneg 
 
normalminoralways
confirmedopen 
SVN 
 
Linux 2.6.22
0001262: Kad firewalled when only scrambled connections are accepted
When "only accept scrambled connections" is checked in the preferences (security menu), Kad status tends to say "firewalled" after a delay. It turns green again when the setting is unchecked, but again only after a delay.
Kubuntu gutsy 64b
amule_20080123-1nadock1_amd64.deb found on the forum
wxgtk 2.8.4.0
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Issue History
2008-02-16 10:53BrezhonnegNew Issue
2008-02-16 10:53BrezhonnegOperating System => Linux 2.6.22
2008-02-25 15:10BrezhonnegNote Added: 0002685
2008-02-25 18:39XaignarNote Added: 0002688
2008-03-04 11:33BrezhonnegNote Added: 0002709
2008-03-08 10:05GonoszTopiStatusnew => feedback
2008-05-05 03:02GonoszTopiNote Added: 0002800
2008-05-05 03:02GonoszTopiStatusfeedback => confirmed
2008-05-29 10:01BrezhonnegNote Added: 0002821
2008-06-02 05:22BrezhonnegNote Added: 0002822
2008-06-06 03:07BrezhonnegNote Added: 0002826

Notes
(0002685)
Brezhonneg   
2008-02-25 15:10   
Just a quick note to say that when I say 'scrambled connections' you possibly should read 'obfuscated connections'... the french translation was somewhat misleading.
(0002688)
Xaignar   
2008-02-25 18:39   
Can you tell me which of the 3 obfuscation options you have enabled?
(0002709)
Brezhonneg   
2008-03-04 11:33   
I will try and reproduce, but it takes some time. I'm pretty sure I had the 3 checkboxes ticked when Kad showed as firewalled, and the last one (only accept obfuscated connexions) needed to be unticked to get a green Kad. I don't think I ever unticked the first two at that time.

I'll get back to you to confirm when I manage to reproduce this.
(0002800)
GonoszTopi   
2008-05-05 03:02   
The first *Mule to support obfuscated connections via Kad is eMule0.49a
Current aMule SVN still does not support it.
(0002821)
Brezhonneg   
2008-05-29 10:01   
Hi,

I have yet another observation concerning the interaction between Kad and the obfuscation settings. I am now using SVN 4 May.

I just ran a test on a newly released file. I have ED2K completely disabled, and am running only Kad. When I check the outgoing obfuscation option (2nd one of the three), aMule sees some sources for the file at startup but cannot connect to any of them. The sources column reports something like 0/20, and a second later 0/10, 0/9, etc... and finally 0. I cannot connect to anybody, the bar stays all red.

Now if I un-check that option, letting only the first one checked (obfuscation support), aMule still sees the sources (0/20) but manages to connect to each of them. Big blue bar, sources at 20.

I tried that repeatedly, and consistently obtained the same result with each of the two settings. That tells me that even though obfuscation is not supported for Kad, the obfuscation settings do have a bad effect on it.

I hope that helps.
Cheers
(0002822)
Brezhonneg   
2008-06-02 05:22   
Also, I confirm what I reported earlier somewhere else (forum maybe): with that same config (KAD only, only the first obfuscation checkbox ticked), I am only sending to people who support obfuscation too. All the people I am sending to have the blue key on their icon. Looking at the sources, I am sure their should be more people to send to, but those with no blue key get rejected and I am not sending to them.

There are very few exceptions to this though, and I am sometimes sending to people with no blue key, but this is extremely rare.
(0002826)
Brezhonneg   
2008-06-06 03:07   
OK, after some more observations, I get to think that there are actually 2 bugs:

1/ The obfuscation settings have an effect on KAD uploads and downloads, which is not correct, since obfuscation is not supported on KAD yet

2/ The obfuscation settings checkboxes do not have the effect they should have. When the first checkbox is ticked (obfuscation supported), it actually triggers the second setting (outgoing connexions obfuscation). When the second checkbox is ticked (outgoing connexions obfuscation), it actually triggers the third setting (accept only obfuscated connexions).

To support bug 0000002, please re-read my previous reports here. I also add this extra piece of information: when I untick all the obfuscation settings, I can upload to everybody again (even to people with no blue key on their icon).

This is confirmed on SVN Jun 5.

Cheers