Re: [WISPA] Blocking chat/IM
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 15:59 -0500, Blair Davis wrote: Since my core, back haul and AP's are MiktoTik, please tell me more! How about a blog tutorial? :-) http://blog.butchevans.com/ If you need clarification, by all means drop me an email or leave a comment. I'll be happy to answer if there is time. If not, then I'll let ya know if/when we need to talk about billing. Fair enough? -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/* Network Engineering * * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Blocking chat/IM
Hi all. Today, I have a request from a user to block chat/IM services on their connection... Anyone done this for a user? any ideas where to start? The user has a daughter that is getting into trouble via IM. While I know there is software that can be place on the daughters laptop, she is by far more computer knowledgeable than her parents and would likely be able to disable stuff placed on her system. help? Blair WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Blocking chat/IM
It depends on what they're using to chat with. AFAIK, it is impossible to block FaceBook and MySpace web based chats without blocking those sites altogether, as they just use HTTP for their chat protocol. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Blair Davis Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:10 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Blocking chat/IM Hi all. Today, I have a request from a user to block chat/IM services on their connection... Anyone done this for a user? any ideas where to start? The user has a daughter that is getting into trouble via IM. While I know there is software that can be place on the daughters laptop, she is by far more computer knowledgeable than her parents and would likely be able to disable stuff placed on her system. help? Blair WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Blocking chat/IM
Assuming the child isn't very technically knowledged you can just drop the ports that AIM, MSN or Yahoo clients require. Of course the issue of meebo or web clients will cause some issues - there are expensive hardware options and reasonable software options. On 12/13/08, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: Hi all. Today, I have a request from a user to block chat/IM services on their connection... Anyone done this for a user? any ideas where to start? The user has a daughter that is getting into trouble via IM. While I know there is software that can be place on the daughters laptop, she is by far more computer knowledgeable than her parents and would likely be able to disable stuff placed on her system. help? Blair -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Blocking chat/IM
Since my core, back haul and AP's are MiktoTik, please tell me more! Butch Evans wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 14:10 -0500, Blair Davis wrote: Anyone done this for a user? any ideas where to start? With a Mikrotik Router (or any linux router that supports L7 filtering), this is easily done. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Blocking chat/IM
Uhm /ip firewall filter On 12/13/08, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: Since my core, back haul and AP's are MiktoTik, please tell me more! Butch Evans wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 14:10 -0500, Blair Davis wrote: Anyone done this for a user? any ideas where to start? With a Mikrotik Router (or any linux router that supports L7 filtering), this is easily done. -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
