Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:20:09 -0600 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFW, blocking IM servers Message-ID: <87el76hw7a.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <20030121230308.GA89143@babylon.polands.org> (Doug Poland's message of "Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:03:09 -0600") References: <34651.63.104.35.130.1043185192.squirrel@email.polands.org> <87hec2jggs.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> <20030121230308.GA89143@babylon.polands.org>
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At 2003-01-21T23:03:09Z, Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> writes:
> I'm concerned about the big 3, AOL, MSN, and Yahoo. They must have a
> limited IP range they use.
From=20GAIM's account editor:
AOL : login.oscar.aol.com:5190
Yahoo: scs.yahoo.com:5050
MSN : messenger.hotmail.com:1863
> This is my boss's idea! Also there are also a number of volunteers who
> cannot be fired.
Ahh, then, that makes a difference. I'd still advertise an explicit "no
IM!" policy.
> I'm doing that now, however, I know the Yahoo client will use any open
> port it can find and tunnel through that.
I hadn't been aware of that. Seems like rather un-neighborly behaviour.
> Actually, this is to head of the problem before it starts. Thanks for you
> input and point of view Kirk.
Gotcha. Or, do what a friend of mine does (but denies): commandeer your own
local server, and use it to insert enough bogus messages into the local
network to make IM clients unusable. :)
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.
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