RE: open ports

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> i m also doing so but there is the problem of some programs 
> that some times use dynamic ports like msn messenger uses 
> dynamic ports for file transfer through it (i think so if it 
> is wrong then tell me please) ad where the log will go and 
> can i specify any file instead of the one default

AFAIK MSN likes to connect to port 1863/tcp by default (it does here) and if
that failes it will try to connect to some servers on port 80/tcp.
So, if you ACCEPT connections for both ports 80/tcp and 1863/tcp you should
be fine. Although some MSN functions like file-transfer might not work.


Gr,
Rob



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