Re: Want to block IM Ports
From: Rowland (arero68.IS.A.SPAMMER_at_hanmail.net)
Date: 05/06/04
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Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 11:15:33 -0400
BJH wrote:
>Is there an easy(and free) way to block the ports used by IM's, as well a
>way to block chat rooms. I have done a google search and seem to land on
>pay only options, I was hoping someone here had a free, easy to us solution.
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>Or a cheap pay version is fine as well.
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Well, that's an interesting problem. For starters, there's an awful lot
of IM prgorams out there. For example, AOL uses 5590, and IRC is
usually 6667. Microsoft's IM uses arbitrary ports, so it won't be
trivial to firewall.
What specificially are you looking to block?
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