[44977] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Blocking Internet Gaming
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Gifford)
Sun Jan 6 21:45:47 2002
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From: Scott Gifford <sgifford@suspectclass.com>
Date: 06 Jan 2002 21:44:57 -0500
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"James" <james@james-web.net> writes:
> What kind of games specifically?
>
> Like online Java games (Bejeweled)? Or games like Quake, Unreal, Tribes
> etc?
>
> The latter is much easier, just block all traffic to/from the default
> ports which use them. A quick google would yield what they use. I'll
> give you a quick hint and say Quake3 is 29760-5 or so and Tribes1/2 is
> 28000-28005 or so.
Doesn't that cause trouble with occasionally blocking ephemeral ports?
If you're not allowing incoming connections of any kind (including
non-PASV FTP) it shouldn't matter, but blocking ports above 1024
always makes me nervous...
----ScottG.
