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Jan 13, 2002, 4:24am

It seems not to be too reliable and produces a lot
of WFS, connection lost. I switched it off and now
my connection stays stable.


The second problem is much worse because it is a
conzeptional problem. The world server can see the
IP of the tunnel server, but not the IP of the real
client. That means, that one eject of a tunnel user
can affects all other tunnel users.

I could not enter a world where I was invited and
never have been ejected. The world owner looked up
the eject list and told me the eject IPs and what he
thought was my IP. The IP he named belonged to the
tunnel server. After he removed this IP from the eject
list I could enter.

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Jan 13, 2002, 7:30am

[View Quote] Did you see this post during 3.2 beta test?

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"mauz" wrote
> When I was using AW behind a proxy (type=3), others saw my IP as some
> foreign IP. Did it come from the tunnel server? Is it still unique,
> or what would happen to other firewall/proxy users if I got ejected?

I'm guessing that the "foreign IP" they saw for you was probably the tunnel
server's IP. When you are behind a proxy, the tunnel server only sees the
IP of the proxy. The address other users see for you (presumably from the
eject dialog?) depends on the world server version:

World server versions 3.1 or earlier see the IP of the tunnel server. These
versions have no idea what a tunnel server is and when they see one, they
think it's just another user entering the world. If a firewalled user is
ejected out of a 3.1 world server, it will block the tunnel server and thus
all users anywhere using the tunnel server. And yes, this would be bad. :)
A good reason for all world owners to upgrade to the 3.2 server after 3.2 is
released.

World server version 3.2 knows what a tunnel server is, and the tunnel
server sends the world server the IP of the connection it is proxying. So
in a 3.2 world server, users will see the IP of your proxy server. In this
case, if you are ejected, it will only block out your proxy server from the
world.

The 3.2 uniserver also knows what a tunnel server is and works the same way
the 3.2 world server does as far as blocked IPs go.

-Roland
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Jan 13, 2002, 9:24am

Thanks :)

I had not subscribed to Beta because I don't have post
rights there. I will forward this to the owner of the
world where it happened

Volker

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