RE: AIM

[kaptain <kaptain () kaptain com>]

How do they stop IP connection on port 80 then?


On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Bill Olah wrote:

> LA Unified blocks the FQDN and connection port the AIM login service uses
> not the block of IP addresses.
>
> They also track who makes the attempts.  Getting around it is a lost cause
> as all IM connections are suppose to be tracked.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jseymour () LinxNet com [mailto:jseymour () LinxNet com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 8:59 AM
> To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
> Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] AIM
>
>
> > It seems like you could use Jabber because they proxy AIM. Different IP
> > address.
>
> Not really.  What Jabber allows for is "transports" on the Jabber
> server side to allow a "transport-capable" Jabber client to connect
> to services such as AIM "through" a Jabber session.
>
> This would require that a Jabber server with the desired transports
> installed be available, of course.  And AIM, in particular, has been
> blocking the well-known Jabber servers.  Plus the transports have
> historically been... um... a mite... undependable? for, uh, other
> reasons.
>
>
> Regards,
> Jim



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