Florent Clairambault » xinetd http://florent.clairambault.fr Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:56:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 Redirect port on Linux http://florent.clairambault.fr/redirect-port-on-linux?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redirect-port-on-linux http://florent.clairambault.fr/redirect-port-on-linux#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:17 +0000 Florent Clairambault http://florent.clairambault.fr/?p=2325 Sometimes, you just need to redirect a port on Linux. The solution I could find is to add an entry into xinetd. Here is a sample /etc/xinetd.d file I have, it just redirects the 587 (tcp) port to the 993 port of gmail’s servers. I have to do this because Virgin Mobile France blocks the 993 tcp port.
If you’re in the same situation, you can use my server to access you gmail IMAP access. You just have to set the server name to “webingenia.com” and the port to “587″.

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service submission
{
        disable = no
        flags = REUSE
        port = 587
        socket_type = stream
        protocol = tcp
        user = root
        redirect = 74.125.45.109 993
        #server = /usr/bin/nc
        #serer_args = 74.125.45.109 993
        wait = no
}
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