Stopping LAN Chatting

[threedots]

Hello. I work in a school, and need to stop student network-based chatting. I've stopped all chats to external servers by port blocking on the firewall. However, I need to stop LAN chat incidents.

Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this?

threedots

 

[zebratech]

What sever OS are you using? If in the Windows 2000-03 server family you can institute Group Policy.



Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[constantijn]

By using group policies, you can restrict installation of applications, or execution of programs. Assuming that your network is based on a windows environment.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Try turning off messaging. See if that helps.

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[ReddLefty]

MSN Messenger will try port 80 when it's original port is blocked (sneaky bugger!). I doubt you blocked port 80, since it's the port for HTTP (browsing). Essentially, nobody would be able to browse the internet any longer.

See Blocking Chat program
thread1117-810210

It explains which IP's you can block to stop MSN Messenger as well as other chat softwares.



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