Re: Messenger connects to *.phx.gbl on port 1863

Greetings,

This is normal for netstat. Use netstat -a -n instead.

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"Danno" <Danno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm attempting to identify the IP address of servers used by Windows
> Messenger connecting to the .net service.
>
> I have an IM Security Appliance I need to configure to scan for viruses. It
> works by redirecting DNS requests to the appliance which then redirects the
> communication to the Microsoft servers.
>
> However, when I attempt to identify the servers using "netstat -a" the entry
> listed for the messenger app points to servers such as by1msg4146012.phx.gbl
> and by2msg1262116.phx.gbl. I'm not familiar with this domain and am
> wondering how to resolve the IP's.