i want to block some of my network users form using yahoo messenger , yahoo web messenger and msn messenger.which ports and sites should i block to achieve this goal?
2006-07-31 18:37:38 · 4 answers · asked by tohidianh 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Yahoo Messenger = 5000 to 5010 and 5050
MSN Messenger = 1863
About the web messenger, well, web is web, you can control it only with proxy (either transparent or not)
2006-07-31 18:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by ndachev 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're going to need some sort of filter on your gateway. Microsoft ISA server is one way, but it's expensive to buy and a bit of a pain to configure.
A better way would be IPCop, an open-source firewall available at http://www.ipcop.org Get one of the Squid proxy add-ons like Dansguardian to filter internet access. It's all free and can be run on an old PC.
2006-07-31 19:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make a GP to block these executables from running and apply it to those specific users.
blocking the port will block everyone from using the IMs
on the firewall block
chat.yahoo.com
webmessenger.yahoo.com
or the best way is to block the keywork, chat , webmessenger, so that no other sites can be opened where your office ppl can chat.
Cheers !!!!
2006-07-31 20:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Seven double O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u ahve a server customer community, u can acquire MS ISA and then u can block the MSN and yahoo and the different chat difficulty, Or if u have homestead windows server you may verify for the port utilized by the chat application and disable them
2016-10-01 08:13:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋