Rick,

The kids use Instant Messaging which is not the same as the Windows
Messenger Service and uses a different set of ports (Yahoo 5050, AIM 5190
MSN 1863).
--
Mike Maltby



Rick T wrote:

N. Miller wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:32:09 -0400, Rick T wrote:


thought it might be something like that, thanks... any real purpose
for those specific ports? (looking it up it's supposed to be DNS
auxiliary or something like that, but if they're never used I'm
blocking them).


Access to the Messenger Service for Windows XP, 2K, and, maybe, NT.
For spam. I believe that unpatched systems are also vulnerable to a
worm attack; just don't recall which worm. Something to do with
DCOM? RPSS? You might have to block ports all the way up to 1030, or
1032.


hmm, don't want to cut the kids messenger service off (and I'm already
blocking 5K)

Thanks,


Rick