[thelist] Trillian software and AOL

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Fri Feb 1 09:30:05 CST 2002


Michael Pemberton wrote:

>     - I have configured my firewall to block all incoming traffic unless
> it is the result of a request from ym network.
>     - MSN Messenger tries to make a request to port 80 each time you log
> in. (I found this in my security logs)
>     - If it cannot connect, it cuts you off and fails the login.

Port 80 is usually blocked on my firewall, and it doesn't seem to
affect use of MSN Messenger ...

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