Firewall rules to block MSN Messenger?

Posted by Phillip Oldham on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Phillip Oldham
Published on 2009-08-04T08:28:46Z Indexed on 2010/06/09 13:53 UTC
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What firewall rules do I need to apply to block MSN Messenger? I've applied the following:

msgr.hotmail.com
messenger.hotmail.com
gateway.messenger.hotmail.com
login.live.com

I've also blocked all traffic on port 1863.

Still able to sign-in.

Any suggestions?

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