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From: "azeem ahmad" <azeem484@hotmail.com>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: RE: open ports
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 00:55:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BAY15-F36xiW2wqUjfg0006b834@hotmail.com> (raw)

but its not the soulution to just leave the programs that have dynamic 
ports. there must be a solution for them in netfilter

Regards
Azeem


>From: "Rob Sterenborg" <rob@sterenborg.info>
>To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
>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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             reply	other threads:[~2004-05-17  0:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-17  0:55 azeem ahmad [this message]
2004-05-17  9:43 ` open ports David Cannings
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-05-16  9:52 azeem ahmad
2004-05-16 10:03 ` Rob Sterenborg
2004-05-16 15:09 ` Alistair Tonner
2004-05-16  9:22 azeem ahmad
2004-05-16  9:43 ` Antony Stone

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