can you block ports on individual machines

[bfletch]

I have Windows 2k professional runing on my workstations. I have one particular user that is on IM all day. Is there any way to block AIM on that one machine?

Thanks.

 

[Eguy]

bfletch,

The short answer is:

An acceptable use policy appropriately enforced.

Having said that, the most popular IM applications are ‘port-agile’, should their native port be closed, are capable of locating other open ports and tunneling their traffic over a different port instead. Unless organizations are prepared to shut off all user access to the Internet, it is very difficult to prevent IM usage.

Ed

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[dchaney]

It is possible to restrict access to a particular program on the machine it's self. Using group policy on the local machine. You could also remove rights to the executable from that user, alson on the local machine.