For aol just block access to the login servers. Login.oscar.aol.com ( it used to be this ) For Yahoo, it much more difficult, and time consuming. You will also inadvertanly block access to some portions of the yahoo website. I used a sniffer and my PC to see what servers that YIM logged into. I would block the one I connected to, and then restart the sniffer and the software. It took about 8 hours, but I managed to block YIM. Of course that was after they told me it couldn't be done :) Yahoo made a bad mistake telling me that. ICQ uses TCP 6667 If I remember correctly. Since I have only allowed certain traffic through the FW, It was already blocked.
It takes time to get it figured out, but these programs CAN be blocked. If nothing else, just deny access to all of yahoo, but inserting a bad yahoo.com in your domain server! Thanks Larry -----Original Message----- From: Mears, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PIX525\Web Sense and Chat programs [7:46013] Hello Cisco people We are using Web Sense to block most of the Sites that we feel necessary but have had problems with programs like AOL, MSN, ICQ chat programs. So I am going to stop this at the PIX and was wonder who out there had blocked Chat programs in the enterprise, and methods used. I fully understand the steps needed to block what is needed on the PIX but was wanting to hear horror storied or problems you might have encountered. I would also like to know what sites (address\protocols) you had to block to stop these programs because some are http based. (AIM, MSN,ect). For those of you who have applied rules to the inside interface of the pix, did you notice any performance issues or any other problem related to having all outbound traffic filtered? Thank you Thanks Rob Mears III, CCNP, MCSE, CNE, NNCDS, NNCSS, NNCPS, MCP+I, A+ Technical Mercenary Valor Telecom.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46052&t=46013 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]