Author: Slater Wold
Date: 23:19:21 09/19/01
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On September 19, 2001 at 22:11:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 19, 2001 at 16:51:36, Slater Wold wrote: > >>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. >> >> >>Slate > > >It doesn't work like that. ICC has to be listening on a port before you can >connect to it. the first 1024 ports are reserved for things like ftp, telnet, >http, snmp, etc. You have to find out what ports are being listened to on the >server end, and then connect to that. ICC started listening on 5000 and up >(not everything above 5000 but a few) a couple of years ago when they were >subjected to a DOS attack for several days on port 5000. That's why I said "open" ports, taking for granted he more than likely knew that say for instance, 23 is reserved for FTP. I guarantee they have at least 2,500 open ports, and you're correct, all over 5000. I don't think ICC would appreciate a port scan however. Especially after hearing they have had a denial of service attack before. :) Slate
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