ip adress

[Dipl]

Is it possible to find the ip-adress of the person you are chatting with in
messenger ?

[Veronica]

You have to send a file over msn and in a same time do netstat -n. But if
other person is using a proxy on port 1863, you can't find out the IP.

"Dipl" > wrote in message
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| Is it possible to find the ip-adress of the person you are chatting with
in
| messenger ?
|
|

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Actually, all traffic goes through the Messenger servers on port 1863, you don't need any
"proxy". The only way you'll find their IP with netstat is if you're doing a [direct]file
transfer or some other P2P feature.

Yes, with MSN Messenger 7 (beta) there is an option to connect directly for IM purposes but
both sides will need to be using it.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Veronica" > wrote in message
...
> You have to send a file over msn and in a same time do netstat -n. But if
> other person is using a proxy on port 1863, you can't find out the IP.
>
> "Dipl" > wrote in message
> ...
> | Is it possible to find the ip-adress of the person you are chatting with
> in
> | messenger ?
> |
> |
>
>

[Veronica]

What I meant was when the person whose IP you are trying to find out is
using a proxy on port 1863, then it's impossible to do it :)

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| Actually, all traffic goes through the Messenger servers on port 1863,
you don't need any
| "proxy". The only way you'll find their IP with netstat is if you're
doing a [direct]file
| transfer or some other P2P feature.
|
| Yes, with MSN Messenger 7 (beta) there is an option to connect directly
for IM purposes but
| both sides will need to be using it.
| ____________________________________________
| Jonathan Kay
| Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
| Associate Expert
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
| Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
| All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
| You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
|
| "Veronica" > wrote in message
| ...
| > You have to send a file over msn and in a same time do netstat -n.
But if
| > other person is using a proxy on port 1863, you can't find out the IP.
| >
| > "Dipl" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | Is it possible to find the ip-adress of the person you are chatting
with
| > in
| > | messenger ?
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|