On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 06:20:09PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-01-21T23:03:09Z, Doug Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm concerned about the big 3, AOL, MSN, and Yahoo. They must > > have a limited IP range they use. > > From GAIM's account editor: > > AOL : login.oscar.aol.com:5190 > Yahoo: scs.yahoo.com:5050 > MSN : messenger.hotmail.com:1863 > thanks
> > This is my boss's idea! Also there are also a number of > > volunteers who cannot be fired. > > Ahh, then, that makes a difference. I'd still advertise an explicit > "no IM!" policy. > It's in the acceptable use policy :) > > I'm doing that now, however, I know the Yahoo client will use any > > open port it can find and tunnel through that. > > I hadn't been aware of that. Seems like rather un-neighborly > behaviour. > It's quite insidious, MSN and AOL maybe guilty too > > Actually, this is to head of the problem before it starts. Thanks > > for you input and point of view Kirk. > > Gotcha. Or, do what a friend of mine does (but denies): commandeer > your own local server, and use it to insert enough bogus messages > into the local network to make IM clients unusable. :) > I've seen references to things like that but didn't fully understand what they were doing. I don't (yet) have any determined users hell-bent on subverting network policies. This is largely to keep the honest honest and the paid staff working, not chatting. Thanks again for your insight. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
