[Ti] AIM, iChat, etc

[Chris Scott]

Here's link to an Apple support article on the subject of the ports 
used by iChat AV:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93208

It seems to me that you could simply go into System 
Preferences>Sharing>Firewall, turn the firewall on, and make sure 
that iChat AV is unchecked.  I don't know which ports are used by 
AIM, but that might be addressed in the article.  You would simply 
use the dialogue in the firewall window to add those ports, and 
verify they are unchecked.

I do not personally know this will work, but it's worth a try, and it 
seems logical...

H. Peet Foster wrote:

>I need help in disabling AIM, iChat, etc on both my tibook and imac 
>machine at home.
>
>Here is the situation:
>1).  Teenage daughter
>2).  Addiction to AIM, iChat, admittedly as much a social necessity 
>as the telephone, but not conducive to multitasking, especially 
>homework.
>3).  The ability to download and install the standalone AIM 
>application without an administrator password.  (I had always 
>thought that from system 10 and on, only and administrator could 
>install app.s.  Not true!)
>4).  The ability to change/add screenames, block and make oneself 
>invisible, post profiles, personalities, troll the web with away 
>messages, etc.
>
>Okay, so this sounds like there are some control issues in my 
>family.  The reality is that I am more concerned about safety issues 
>and helping my daughter to learn better time management skills.  Her 
>current perception of "... just five minutes" to check email, or to 
>ask (chat) a friend a homework question, can in reality be measured 
>in hours.  Her "away" messages are a little too revealing to be 
>posted on the web.  I am not against her expressing herself, but her 
>perception that she is sitting securely at home at the computer 
>contrasts to the reality that she is really broadcasting personal 
>information to the world.  It has become a problem.
>
>My thinking is that there must be a way to find out an disable only 
>the ports involved for AIM and iChat.  This would leave email 
>available as well as browsers and google searches necessary for 
>homework research.  I do not know how to do this as this does not 
>seem to be possible in the firewall settings in system preferences.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Peet
>
>
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