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Subject: Re: OT:Can chess.net and other ICS's be accessed by other ports than 5000?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 13:51:36 09/19/01

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On September 19, 2001 at 16:20:02, derrick gatewood wrote:

>Also telnet...  I do not like telnet as it is unfriendly in all terms and
>playing chess through telnet is impossible.  My stupid administrators closed
>port 5000 down due to Code Red virus.  so is it possible to access chess.net
>through port 4000, for instance?  Also, doesn't applying the patch from
>microsoft totally protect you from the present form of thew code red virus?  so
>closing port 5000 is stupid in his case,  right?  Regardless,  I just want to
>play my chess  =)  I am a dang addict.

You can access it through any open port.

I connect to ICC using port 5003.

You have 65,000+ ports, surely you can find one to use.


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• Re: OT:Can chess.net and other ICS's be accessed by other ports than 5000? Robert Hyatt 19:11:34 09/19/01
  • Re: OT:Can chess.net and other ICS's be accessed by other ports than 5000? Slater Wold 23:19:21 09/19/01
    • Re: OT:Can chess.net and other ICS's be accessed by other ports than 5000? Robert Hyatt 09:54:36 09/20/01

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