In addition to that AIM has the ability to reach their IM servers over
port 21 (which, as y'all should know, is used by the FTP protocol and
at least in our company is completely open).
On 3/30/06, Brian Radwanski <brian_radwanski@symantec.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Steve is right, you can use yahoo messengert because they encapsulate their
> messaging protocol withing HTTP traffic as disguised http traffic…so will
> likely work unless the firewalls are doing deep scanning for every packet,
> and if that's the case your admin has just created a much bigger bottleneck
> than any AIM client would ever place on your bandwith…
>
>
>
> Sometimes security people are so secure in thinking they end up with double
> negatives.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Keith Lelacheur
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:53 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] WiFI Ripoff
>
>
>
> I dug a little deeper and found out that the office uses a firewall/esafe
> combination that uses stateful packet inspection and will block any traffic
> that is not HTTP traffic over any port. This is a little out of my
> security/networking league, but I think that means I am out of luck. Meebo
> satisfies my basic needs though so it's not too bad. Thanks for the help.
>
>
> On 3/30/06, Brian Radwanski <brian_radwanski@symantec.com > wrote:
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>
>
> Should be in the advanced settings on your connection. I don't have gaim on
> me as I'm in training and on a windows box today.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Keith Lelacheur
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:35 AM
>
>
>
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] WiFI Ripoff
>
>
>
>
> Is there a how-to on how to proxy GAIM out there? I would love to be able
> to stay in touch and not resort to meebo at work. I see the proxy server
> set up on the Preferences/networking tab in GAIM, but I am not sure what to
> put in there.
>
>
>
> On 3/30/06, Steven Buehler <swbuehler@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On 3/30/06, Keith Lelacheur <themercuryman@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> > In cases where they block the IM clients, isn't something like meebo an
> > acceptable alternative?
>
> Don't even need that, just proxy the instant messenger through an HTTP
> connection. I do that with GAIM to get through the VPN at work.
>
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