puzzeled by this log entry

[Matthew Carpenter]

Perhaps IE thinks you did, so it's using that channel to spy on you....

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:14:21 +0800
"m.w.chang" <mwchang at netvigator.com> wrote:

> I don't see any messenger icon on my win$ desktop. I didn't install MSN 
> stuffs neither. puzzling...why would it try to reach my host. Thanks.
> 
> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > "A combination of the port ('MSNP') and the address ('hotmail.com')
> > indicates that this is traffic associated with the Microsoft MSN
> > Hotmail service.  In fact, it is Microsoft's MSN Messenger 'instant
> > messaging' application."
> >  http://www.eicon.com/support/helpweb/dlanen/dl010.htm
> >> DST=me.me.me.me LEN=41 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=118 ID=11611 PROTO=TCP 
> >> SPT=1863 DPT=1042 WINDOW=17011 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
> >>   Netname: HOTMAIL
> >>     Netblock: 64.4.0.0 - 64.4.63.255
> 
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