Hi,
I configured dansguardain and squid on debian lenny, but I'm not able to block msn messenger, I tried to add application/x-msn-messenger in bannedmimetype but it's not working.


Thanks in advance.

Hi sci3ntist

You can block .dll extension in your bannedextensionlist file.

Hope this is helps.

Regards,

When you say "Block MSN Messenger" what exactly do you mean. Are you trying to block users from accessing the Windows Live Messenger website, are you trying to block them from downloading the Windows Live Messenger application, or are you trying to block them from using the MSN/Windows/Windows Live Messenger desktop application that is already installed. The last of these Dansguardian cannot do alone, since it is strictly a web filter, and MSN Messenger chat is not web browsing.

If you want to block or restrict MSN Messenger chat, the best tool for the job is your firewall. You could use Squid and Dans to do it, if you first configure Messenger to 'use HTTP method' or similar - but that's a lousy way to do it, trivial to bypass if you can't lock down the setting, and still bypassable if the user uses another messenger client like a PortableApp.

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Thank you for your reply, but as far as I know that msn messenger uses http(port 80), is that right? and uses a certain mimetype, is that right?
So doing it from the firewall won't be correct.


Regards,

Unfortunately, trying to block MSN Messenger ports doesn't work because of the wide range of ports including port 80 that MSN Messenger uses.

But you can block it by following this link:

http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigEx...t/MsnMessenger

regards,