If you're willing to block out ALL Internet access and then make exceptions for a list of "safe" sites then you can block IM.
It's a bit of work to compile a list of sites that the users need access to (especially when some of them have multiple servers), but it can be done. Mike Burden Lynk Systems http://www.lynk.com (616)532-4985 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Howansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:17 AM > To: Reasoner, Bob (PHES) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gb-users] IM Madness > > > > I realize that this should be a policy issue and that > Manager's should be > > held accountable for the actions of their employees, but > unfortunately our > > organization doesn't seem to want to make an issue of it > and thinks I should > > find a technical solution. > > Almost all IM programs around today can speak HTTP over port > 80. Unless you > want to block that too, you're SOL. It's > > -- > Alex Howansky > Wankwood Associates > http://www.wankwood.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
