YMSG: Group Name Overflow

This protocol anomaly is a Yahoo! Messenger group name that exceeds the user-defined maximum. Yahoo! Messenger clients use groups to separate their friends into categories. The default number of bytes in an Yahoo! Messenger group name is 84. You can change this setting in the Sensor Settings Rulebase>Protocol Thresholds and Configuration>Yahoo! Messenger>Group name length.

Short Name
CHAT:AUDIT:YMSG:OFLOW-GRP-NAME
Severity
Info
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
CHAT
Release Date
04/22/2003
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Unknown

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