Regards Azeem
From: "Rob Sterenborg" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: open ports Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:03:47 +0200
> 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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