RE: AIM

[Bill Olah <network () psomas com>]

LA Unified blocks the FQDN and connection port the AIM login service uses
not the block of IP addresses.

They also track who makes the attempts.  Getting around it is a lost cause
as all IM connections are suppose to be tracked.

-----Original Message-----
From: jseymour () LinxNet com [mailto:jseymour () LinxNet com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 8:59 AM
To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] AIM


> It seems like you could use Jabber because they proxy AIM. Different IP
> address.

Not really.  What Jabber allows for is "transports" on the Jabber
server side to allow a "transport-capable" Jabber client to connect
to services such as AIM "through" a Jabber session.

This would require that a Jabber server with the desired transports
installed be available, of course.  And AIM, in particular, has been
blocking the well-known Jabber servers.  Plus the transports have
historically been... um... a mite... undependable? for, uh, other
reasons.


Regards,
Jim
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