[Grapevine-cvs-commits] cvs: grapevine / README

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blackh		Sun Apr 20 17:55:14 2003 EDT

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diff -u grapevine/README:1.9 grapevine/README:1.10
--- grapevine/README:1.9	Fri Apr 18 02:47:21 2003
+++ grapevine/README	Sun Apr 20 17:55:14 2003
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README,v 1.9 2003/04/18 09:47:21 blackh Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.10 2003/04/21 00:55:14 blackh Exp $
 
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 Stephen Blackheath  04 April 2003             http://www.grapevineproject.org/
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@
 
 CAN I USE IT FROM BEHIND A FIREWALL?
 
-At the time of writing, no.  You have to put it on a machine that is directly
-connected to the Internet, because it must be able to accept incoming
-connections directly.
+The short answer is no.  But you can do it if you configure your firewall to
+forward your network TCP port to the machine on which grapevine is running.
+(The port number must match.)
 
-We intend to fix this.
+We intend to fix it so you can run it on a machine behind a firewall with no
+special configuration, but this is not top priority at the moment.
 
 
 WHY IS IT GOBBLING UP ALL MY CPU TIME?