How to block Instant Messenger (MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and IRC) without rules, and
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If you want to, I have discovered a simple “hack”, to do this (block Instant Messenger (MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and IRC) without rules, and/or knowing the port ‘ s used), and it is granted! Works! I tested it more then 3 times, with different releases of PFSense (RC3, RC4 and final).
Simply: install together the following packages (the order of installation seams to be irrelevant):
imspector +
Lightsquid +
PhpSysInfo +
Squid +
And squidGuardTestes done:
1- Installed imspector alone -> this “hack” do not work.
2 – Lightsquid + PhpSysInfo + Squid + and squidGuard -> all works fine, this means: this “hack” dos not work.
So: To have this hack working, (this means: to block Instant Messenger (MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and IRC) you have to install together all the listed packages)
Configurations / set-up made:
Nothing special, default firewall (PFSense) configuration, default/minimal packages configuration (just visit it’s configuration page and activate it to get the package working with its default and/or proposed defult values/settings)Test's not yet done:
Try different combinations of the packages listed (Lightsquid / PhpSysInfo /Squid / squidGuard) + imspector to reduce/get a small list of packages, if possible 2 (imspector + ????) with witch we can get the same result.What we get/results:
When your network users try to log in on MSN network, they can’t, they get MSN with the message “Logging in”, (all the day) and the will never log-in.Additional feature:
After having installed all the listed packages, and noticed this, sometimes Uninstalling imspector package, (2 in 3 times (noticed with RC2 and RC4; not with final release)) you will still get the same effect (block Instant Messenger (MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and IRC). This is an interesting future, as if you are going to have your firewall audited, and/our revised and/or maintained by someone else, and/ or something else, you can let them see all they want, as they wont see anything, as, you are still blocking Instant Messenger (MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and IRC), but no rules to do that, not even a package (imspector)!!!!Regards an Good Luck to you all!
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trying to figure out if this was a serious 'feature' you are touting, or if I'm being leveled and this is not what you wanted/expected when installing those packages…
anyway u said u were trying to reduce the # of packages required, u can drop phpsysinfo as thats got nothing to do with nothing as far as intant message programs -
trying to figure out if this was a serious 'feature' you are touting, or if I'm being leveled and this is not what you wanted/expected when installing those packages…
anyway u said u were trying to reduce the # of packages required, u can drop phpsysinfo as thats got nothing to do with nothing as far as intant message programsI think you are right, and you understood ….
We will wh. the next release, might V1.2.1 will solve this issue....???
Rergards