On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 18:40, FemmeFatale wrote: <snip> > Rikona has hit it. ICQ does this as well it seems as if you look on the > net ICQ tries to use / request (I joke not) 64,000 *yes THOUSAND* > Ports! jesus... no wonder IT security guys hate ICQ.
*If* you want to have chat sessions, and audio chat, and file sharing, and send messages to cell phones and receive them from your friends as well, and, and, and...yes, you have to open up the sky for ICQ. However, if all you want is an Instant Messaging (IM) client, port 80 is all you need. No other openings in the firewall. At this point, ICQ is no worse than any other IM, maybe better since it is the more configurable than any other and seems to have more design for serious use. I feel more secure IM'ing in ICQ than Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger. Forget AOL...won't even give that app the time of day. If you want to talk about spyware and system resource hogging...say: A-O-L I-M! T
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