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drainyoo · Sep 21, 2004, 12:50 PM

The company I work for decided out of nowhere that iChat is a security risk so they blocked the service. Does anyone know if there is a way around this cause a few of us here rely on iChat for internal communication.

Thanks.

drainyoo · Sep 21, 2004, 01:34 PM

There has to be a way. Is there another port that I can set?

ManOfSteal · Sep 21, 2004, 02:20 PM

Originally posted by drainyoo:
Does anyone know if there is a way around this cause a few of us here rely on iChat for internal communication.

Thanks.

Hmm, as long as you are in the same building, you could always try using Rendezvous through iChat...

Better yet, ask your company why iChat is a security issue.

Gee4orce · Sep 22, 2004, 03:10 AM

My company are very restrictive with regards to what you can do on the internet - but I can still iChat. If your company is so security conscious, then they probably use a Web proxy for web browsing - the good news is that you can use the very same proxy for iChat !

Have a look in iChat's preferences, and you will see the setting for a Proxy configuration (Accounts -> Server configuration). Just select the 'Connect Using Proxy' and the 'Use System Preferences' boxes and you should be up and running.

mitchell_pgh · Sep 22, 2004, 06:54 AM

Remember, it's not your network... and if this could get you in trouble, it's not worth it.

It's simple to see who is using a chat client... I would simply bitch first.

drainyoo · Sep 22, 2004, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by Gee4orce:
My company are very restrictive with regards to what you can do on the internet - but I can still iChat. If your company is so security conscious, then they probably use a Web proxy for web browsing - the good news is that you can use the very same proxy for iChat !

Have a look in iChat's preferences, and you will see the setting for a Proxy configuration (Accounts -> Server configuration). Just select the 'Connect Using Proxy' and the 'Use System Preferences' boxes and you should be up and running.

Thanks for the advice but that doesnt work. They must be blocking the 5190 port. This is pissing me off!

Thanks again.

[APi]TheMan · Sep 22, 2004, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by drainyoo:
Thanks for the advice but that doesnt work. They must be blocking the 5190 port. This is pissing me off!

Thanks again.

Try the Rendezvous messaging? Sign onto Rendezvous from the account preferences I believe...

geekwagon · Sep 22, 2004, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by drainyoo:
Thanks for the advice but that doesnt work. They must be blocking the 5190 port. This is pissing me off!

Thanks again.

Try port 80 for the AIM server. AOL's server listens on all kinds of ports (or at least they used to. I have kind of given up on iChat recently because it won't reconnect automatically after I get disconnected).

Jowy · Sep 22, 2004, 04:25 PM

Another port to try would be 23. For the trivia interested, it's the port for telnet.

Buck_W · Sep 23, 2004, 06:30 AM

Originally posted by Gee4orce:
My company are very restrictive with regards to what you can do on the internet - but I can still iChat. If your company is so security conscious, then they probably use a Web proxy for web browsing - the good news is that you can use the very same proxy for iChat !

Have a look in iChat's preferences, and you will see the setting for a Proxy configuration (Accounts -> Server configuration). Just select the 'Connect Using Proxy' and the 'Use System Preferences' boxes and you should be up and running.

My daughter is running into a similar problem trying to chat with a friend of hers (they are both at different Universities). Using iChat, my daughter and I are able to video chat without any problems (we both have macs). My wife and I can also video chat with her friend (who is on a PC running the latest version of AIM), but she and my daughter can not get the video chat to work.

I suggested to my daughter that she select the 'Connect Using Proxy' in her iChat preferences, but she said that it was grayed out. Any other suggestions?

Twilly Spree · Sep 23, 2004, 06:54 AM

Originally posted by drainyoo:
The company I work for decided out of nowhere that iChat is a security risk so they blocked the service. Does anyone know if there is a way around this cause a few of us here rely on iChat for internal communication.

Thanks.

If you have access to the Web through a browser you can use AIM Express.

drainyoo · Sep 23, 2004, 08:38 AM

Originally posted by Twilly Spree:
If you have access to the Web through a browser you can use AIM Express.

Yeah thats what Ive been using but its a real pain in the butt.