Napster and other 'ster' filtering thru ipchains

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Author: Jasonjkenner@mindspring.com
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Subject: Napster and other 'ster' filtering thru ipchains
Donn Shumway wrote:
>
> While you all were providing some good information (Thank You very much!), I found the following
> info on Napster and 'Scour Exchange' and I thought I would share it:
>
> Napster IP's
> IP: 208.178.163.56 mask: 255.255.255.248
> IP: 208.178.175.128 mask: 255.255.255.248
> IP: 208.49.239.240 mask: 255.255.255.240
> IP: 208.49.228.0 mask: 255.255.255.0
> IP: 208.184.216.0 mask: 255.255.255.0
>
> Port Direction
>
> 5190 Outbound blocks access to AIM servers, users cannot use AIM to chat to others.
> 4000 Outbound blocks access to ICQ servers, users cannot find other users as easily.
> 6699 Inbound default port for Napster data connections, however clients can easily change it.
> 8875 Outbound initial port used by Napster to contact server, useful for logging new Napster
> installs.
> 4444, 5555, 66666, 77777, 88888 Outbound ports used by Napster to connect to servers


port 66666, 77777, 88888 .. or 6666, 7777, 8888?

Also, I read something a while back about the AIM software including
what basically amounted to a wizard that helps a user bypass
port-blocking on the AIM service. The simplest way to block AIM would
seem to be blocking login.oscar.aol.com and toc.oscar.aol.com (and
associated IPs)

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