Want to block Yahoo web chat through Dansguardian(or squid)
 

well hi everybody i want to block yahoo mail chat in dansguardian. i had google few thing i come to know that i need to do this
locking DNS lookups to webcs.msg.yahoo.com and httpcs.msg.yahoo.com by returning 127.0.0.1. i havent have dns configured. so what i need to do solve this problem. i had tried by making an entry in etc hosts file. but it didnt worked.
your responses will be highly appreciated.

Hello,

I think you might find this post and this site helpful.

Google comes up with these answers faster then I can type this message ;)

Kind regards,

Eric

buddy i had tried to google. but didnt find the desired results. i would genuinely appreciate n give u the yellow rose if u cooperate.
thanks a ton
regards

Hi,

Both links point to pretty concrete solutions on how to configure Squid to block various messenger services. Try them out and see if they work for you or what errors/problems they generate.

Kind regards,

Eric