RE: [squid-users] IM blocking in squid?

I personally use iptables with the l7-filter module to catch and block
IM traffic. It works great.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas [mailto:uhlar@fantomas.sk]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:12 AM
To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] IM blocking in squid?

On 26.06.07 07:47, Thomas Raef wrote:
> Wouldn't that mean that all IM traffic has to be redirected through
> Squid?

if you want to block IM traffic in squid, then all IM traffic must be
(re)directed to squid.

> Or would this be to block IM that tries to go through port 80?

> I think a wiki about how squid could block IM under certain
> circumstances would be useful.

There were many siuch questions on this list. Note that IM communication
is
usually not done via HTTP, and even if, there has be list of
hosts/ports/URLs to block. Try searchin this list archives.

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