Protocol Summary

TaoBao is an instant messenger software in China.

Communication

TaoBao use TCP port 16000 to communication by default. If this port is blocked, it will try other ports.

How to block TaoBao?

Because TaoBao can switch port automatically, so you can not block them only by disable the ports in the firewall.We recommend you to block TaoBao in two ways:

• 1). Block all TaoBao server IP address.Find TaoBao server IP address and block all the server IP address.
• 2). Use firewall which has deep content inspection capabilities.Use firewall which has deep content inspection capabilities to block TaoBao's P2P function.

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