Hello:

Shanker Balan wrote,
> > Also a related query I want to limit access to certain  services such
> > as yahoo messenger to one or two machine What is he best way?

<snip>

> Yahoo supports HTTP(S?). Configure your Yahoo client to use your http
> proxy (you have one right?) and use the HTTP transport instead of tcp
> port 5050.

Whoops, i misunderstood your Yahoo query. :) 

If your LAN users act smart (which they will) and use the HTTP proxy
option in Yahoo Messenger, they will be able to by pass your host/port
based MASQ rules!

To prevent proxy abuse by YM users, put in ACLs for limiting access to
*.msg.yahoo.com on a per IP basis.

-- Shanu

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