> I'm looking for a way to allow ICQ to go through a firewall
> (probably the
> Elron firewall, though we haven't made a final decision yet).
> I've heard
> a lot of baaaad things about what running ICQ can do for your
> vulnerability, so what I'd like to do is limit the client to doing ICQ
> chat. No sending URLs, no sending files, no sending
> <insert-latest-bloatware-feature-here>. Just chat.
>
>
> Is this possible? What are people's thoughts on whether/how much this
> would improve the security of using ICQ? (It seems to me that by only
> allowing chat messages through, the worst someone could do is a DoS
> attack...)
ICQ is a security nightmare... Chat opens "random" ports so
may be a problem.
If you restrict ICQ to use UDP on port 4000 only then messaging
and URL messages are possible, but chat and file transfer are not.
Phil
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Phil Randal
Herefordshire Council, UK
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