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Re: [FW-1] Successfully blocking MSN Messenger, how-to?

Subject: Re: [FW-1] Successfully blocking MSN Messenger, how-to?
From: cisco4ng <cisco4ng AT YAHOO DOT COM>
To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST AT AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:53:56 -0800
One other thing that I forgot to mention is that when you create objects such as
  .msn.com and .hotmail.com and .login.passport.com, you have to create them
  as "domain" objects.
   
  cisco4ng

Stig Bull <stig.bull AT HUGINGROUP DOT COM> wrote:
  Dear list, I have been given the task of blocking MSN Messenger in the
office firewall.
However, after some rather extensive Googling, I see that this is far
more difficult than it appears to be, and the web sites I found with
claimed solutions for blocking MSN, simply didn't work.

Here's what I've done so far (after Googling):

Blocked access to gateway.messenger.hotmail.com, messenger.hotmail.com
and webmessenger.msn.com; all traffic, inbound and outbound. I've also
blocked port 1863 (TCP, UDP), 6891-6900 (TCP), 5190 (UDP) and 6901
(UDP).
Still people are able to connect MSN Messenger with no problem at all. I
suspect this is because the server's I'm trying to block, have several
different IP addresses.

I've read that some think the best way is SmartDefense, but I'm not sure
if I need a license for it. At least it tells me when I try to update it
(NG AI R55 by the way) that SmartDefense updates require a SmartDefense
subscription license, so I really haven't looked into it at all.

Is there any successfull way of blocking MSN Messenger which really
works?

--
Regards

Stig Bull

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