RE: Blocking Instant Messaging Applications

["Hartmann" <hartmann () thestar com my>]

Anything we can do with microsoft servers and networking techniques alone?
Without buying commercial products??

Adam.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Aditya Deshmukh [mailto:aditya.deshmukh () online gateway strangled net] 
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:56 AM
To: 'Collier, Simon'; 'Gaddis, Jeremy L.'
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Blocking Instant Messaging Applications

> Maybe content filtering may be the route to take?? Perhaps embracing 
> the technology could be an option,

I would also recommend content filtering 

> and add your own IM server??

Jabber servers work very nice with trillian as clients. You can write your
own plugins for policy compliance, or if you want open client there is
Miranda 


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