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Originally posted by saintgtril
2) Scan the IP for the MSN PORT (1863)
This won't work, and I'll tell you why: 1863 is the
server port.
In a bit more detail:
When a client makes a connection to the server, the OS hands it a random port above 1023. The client uses this random port to initiate a connection to the remote server on 1863.
I just did a 'netstat -o' on the command line, and Messenger is using two local ports: 1827 and 3609. 1827 is the Messenger connection, and 3609 is an HTTP connection.
Port numbers are defined for
incoming connections only, hence the name given to the first 1024 ports: the
service range. Port 1024 up is the
client range.
As with all computery things, counting starts from zero.
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