In my previous company, they don't allow YM, I did it via squid+squidGuard. However, you can do it without squidGuard as squid offers extensive ACL.
You can use, url_regex or dstdomain and I suggest you can put it on a different ACL just in case you will allow in the future, its easier to allow. On 1/6/06, Leo Angelo Cordero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our company does not allow any form of instant messaging. > Before we allow it but staffs abused it. There is a policy regarding this > but clients are just too stubborn to follow the policy. Blocking such > services is > a better countermeasure rather than giving sanctions and penalties to > clients. > > TO: Kenneth, > > Thanks! I'll try it. Just one question, can I use the url_regex instead of > dstdomain? > We have an existing list of blocked addresses, can I just add it on the list > or is this a different one? > > > > > On 1/6/06, tikz chat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i agree to that. you should have first a company policy for it. chat > services are everywhere. > > > > > > > > On 1/6/06, Dominique Cimafranca < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 1/5/06, Leo Angelo Cordero < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > hi everyone! > > > > > > > > I just wanna ask how to block yahoo messenger and MSN messenger > > > > on SQUID. > > > > > > > > > I suppose you'd want to block connections to the following servers: > > > > > > > > > > > > scs.msg.yahoo.com > > > scsa.msg.yahoo.com > > > scsb.msg.yahoo.com > > > scsc.msg.yahoo.com And in the case of MSN, gateway.moswest.msn.net. > > > > > > You'll have to visit the Yahoo and MSN sites to get the latest list, > though. > > > > > > That said, I think this is the wrong approach. Several other chat > services are available. And there are also times when these chat services > can be quite useful. > > > > > > Better to institute a corporate policy with regards to use of these > services, monitor accordingly, and impose sanctions against violators. > > > > > > -- > > > Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca > > > villageidiotsavant.blogspot.com > > > Dumaguete City > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > -- Elmer Rivera, http://www.vizcayano.com, http://youand.i.ph "unzip ; strip ; touch ; grep ; finger ; mount ; fsck ; more ; yes ; fsck ; umount ; sleep;"
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