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lthinduja
12-19-2003, 10:47 AM
Hi Guys and Gals,

Just for your info.

To ban chat on proxy (Squid) following additions are required in squid.conf file.

Under "Access Controls"

# For Yahoo Messenger
acl chat1 dstdomain .msg.yahoo.com
acl chat2 dstdomain .messenger.yahoo.com

# For ICQ Messenger
acl chat3 dstdomain .icq.com
acl chat4 dstdomain .mirabilis.com

http_access deny chat1
http_access deny chat2
http_access deny chat3
http_access deny chat4

These above settings worked at my office.
So I thought of sharing this info with you all.

Thanks