Which Port Is AOL Instant Messanger For Firewall?

[Playmaker]

If I want to block AOL Instant Messanger usage on my computer which port(s) do I need to block on my hardware firewall? Will this affect any other common non-messanger programs? Thanks...

 

[mboy]

5190-5193 TCP should take care of it. It wont affect anything else as those ports are registered to AOL only.

 

[n0cmonkey]

This is user configurable. Block by ip address.

 

[goldboyd]

Yup, it can work on many ports. The best way to block it is to block access to 64.12.161.185 and 64.12.161.153, those are the 2 IP's it connects to(login.oscar.aol.com).

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: goldboyd
Yup, it can work on many ports. The best way to block it is to block access to 64.12.161.185 and 64.12.161.153, those are the 2 IP's it connects to(login.oscar.aol.com).

From what I have heard there are atleast 10 ip addresses they use. They sometimes switch them around and whatnot. I dont have a list of the offending ip addresses anymore though.