Sure, but there are many 10s and possibly hundreds of different IP addresses. The only way I was able to successfully block IM is to block entire blocks of IP addresses owned by AOL. It is overkill but, I have yet to find anything useful on AOL so I am not missing anything.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ungar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "KEN MORRIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:53 PM Subject: Re: Best means to block MSN Messenger, AIM and other chat programs? > Can you stop by blocking via destination messenger > server ? > > Mike > --- KEN MORRIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using both filtering software and Firewall > > (GNat Box) to try to > > block out the use of several chat programs. On the > > FW I have blocked > > ports: > > 4000 - ICQ > > 1863 - MSN Messenger > > 5050 - AOL and > > 5190 for Yahoo > > After having set up the blocking rule, I then tested > > MSN Messenger in > > the system. Problem being that it was still > > accessible. > > Any suggestions as to how to block the use of the > > programs at the > > firewall would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you > > Ken Morris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com >
