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

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007, Thomas Raef wrote:
> Wouldn't that mean that all IM traffic has to be redirected through
> Squid?
>
> Or would this be to block IM that tries to go through port 80?

There's plenty of situations where all port 80 is passed through a proxy
(transparent interception, and sometime I'll code up the SSL side of
interception for IP based ACLs) and there's also plenty of situations
where all internet access is funneled through a web proxy with no
direct connections available.

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

So would I, I just haven't done it. :)

>
> I'd offer my time toward this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Chadd [mailto:adrian@creative.net.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:03 AM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] IM blocking in squid?
>
> G'day again everyone,
>
> People keep asking about how to block IM in Squid; would
> anyone like to kick up some ACLs that they use to block IM?
> I'll wrap it up and place it into a Wiki article.
>
> (If you'd like to write a Wiki article or keep it updated
> then please let me know.)
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Adrian

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