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Originally posted by brian
How does it timeout, is the port 113 blocked? Do you get an exact error (0x)?
The cause could be the port 113 (SSL) forwarded to another computer, and SSL port is used by MSN to authunticate you to the network.
Port 113 is NOT used by SSL - SSL is Secure Sockets Layer, and is an encryption, not a service.
Port 113 is used for the now defunct IDENT protocol, and can safely be forwarded into the ether. I know this for a fact, as I have done it myself (forwarded to 192.168.1.254, which doesn't exist on that network). And I could still sign into Messenger with no problems.
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