[H-GEN] Limiting MSN Access

[Paul Gearon]

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Anthony Irwin wrote:

> I would also like to know the port number that MSN uses if anyone knows what
> it is.

port 1863

It appears that MSN Messenger initially connects to "messenger.hotmail.com"
on port 1863.  This server then hands out the IP for a new server to
connect to, and the client connects to it on port 1863.

Regards,
Paul Gearon

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