Re: how to block web messenger services

For a security appliance; (costs money)

http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/default.mspx

or identify the specific IM programs you don't want to run
and follow the instructions here;
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/rstrplcy.mspx

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:28:48 -0700 (PDT), "K. Brian Kelley"
<arakakisudaki@xxxxxxxxx> said:
You can chase your tail by trying to keep up with the ever changing IP
addresses or go for a security appliance designed to filter such traffic.
I'd advise the latter if you can afford it.


K. Brian Kelley
Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring
Contributing Author: Best of SQLServerCentral.com Series
Regular Columnist, SQLServerCentral.com and SQL Server Standard Magazine
http://www.truthsolutions.com/
http://blogs.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/brian_kelley/default.aspx


----- Original Message ----
From: "nawalmiftahi@xxxxxxxxx" <nawalmiftahi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: security-basics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:25:50 AM
Subject: how to block web messenger services


Hi all ,
i am a security admin,yahoo messenger and other chat services are
blocked on our network, but we can access them thru web(ebuddy) , i
wanted to know how can we make sure that these chat services (yahoo
messenger, icq, msn messeger ) cannot be accessed through web as well
, i mean how to block them.
thanks



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