There are several known buffer overflows and DoS vulnerabilities that affect
various versions of AOL's IM client software. If you have a firewall in
place, punching a hole in it for AOL/ICQ/etc. is probably not a good idea
unless those services/protocols are used for important business tasks.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Stanford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:06 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: icq, aol, icm


My IT Network guy says that Instant Messenger creates a Security Hole?   Is
this true?

Nathan


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