RE: [Plug] AOL Instant Messager...what ports?

["Aarune J. Oracle" <linux@fsckit.com>]

They have a large list of servers they use for AIM, and it can be used on
almost any port, I have seen as low as 980 something to 28000 something.
it is just the numbers that they have in the setup of AIM.

-- 
-Rune

Time is Irrelevant to the worlds beyond this godforsaken place unto which
it destroys all.
		-Aarune J. Oracle

"In the depths of a mind insane fantasy and reality are the same" -Slayer.


On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Mental wrote:

:Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:07:20 -0500 (EST)
:From: Mental <mental@NeverLight.com>
:Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:Subject: RE: [Plug] AOL Instant Messager...what ports?
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:If thats the case, block all traffic to the aim servers. I dunno if 
:there's a list or if its just toc.oscar.aol.com and login.oscar.aol.com
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:Mental
:--
:My life suffocates
:planting seeds of hate
:I've loved, turned to hate
:trapped far beyond my fate
:--Metallica
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:
:"you make insanity respectable."
:--Helcat on the subject of Mental.
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:On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Michelle Weber wrote:
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:> I believe you can run aim from any port. I distinctly remember just
:> putting in port 8080 when behind a company firewall at one time.
:> You can just click on the setup button and put in any port..
:> I would double check myself, but there's no way I am installing aim at
:> work! :)
:> 
:> 
:> --
:> Michelle Weber
:> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
:> 
:> 
:> On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Charles Stack wrote:
:> 
:> > Thanks, I'll run netstat and see if it is running.  I've got somebody here
:> > at work that is spending far too much time IMing than working.  They have
:> > been asked twice to not run it during working hours and they were caught
:> > again today.  I hate doing it, but I've got to block the port (at least
:> > until they get the message).
:> >
:> > Charles
:> >
:> > -----Original Message-----
:> > From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
:> > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Mental
:> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 1:14 PM
:> > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:> > Subject: Re: [Plug] AOL Instant Messager...what ports?
:> >
:> >
:> > You could try running it for a bit and checking out what netstat has to
:> > say. Or check their website. I'm pretty sure the specs are available.
:> > Its all pretty much high tcp ports I think.
:> >
:> >
:> >
:> > Mental
:> > --
:> > My life suffocates
:> > planting seeds of hate
:> > I've loved, turned to hate
:> > trapped far beyond my fate
:> > --Metallica
:> >
:> >
:> > "you make insanity respectable."
:> > --Helcat on the subject of Mental.
:> >
:> > On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Charles Stack wrote:
:> >
:> > > Can somebody tell me what ports AOL IM runs on?  I'd like to block both
:> > > inbound and outbound traffic on this service.
:> > >
:> > > Thanks,
:> > >
:> > > cjs
:> > >
:> > >
:> > >
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