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Re: how to block ALL AIM traffic ?


From: david kuhlman <david.kuhlman () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:25:06 -0400

Why don't you just block connections to oscar.login.aol.com?

That works for us.

David Kuhlman

On 4/26/05, Realized Mofo <realized () gmail com> wrote:
I am at an office with 50~ machines , out of thoes about 20 or so use
AIM. I would like to block AIM and normally i'd just block the AIM
port (5190) or whatever it is..

BUT AOL seems to have found a great way around this and has 4000+
diffrent ports they use and i'd assume lots of diffrent hosts.

Whats the best way of blocking all AIM traffic ?



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