{"id":40,"date":"2010-02-11T13:46:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wavecrestcomputing.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2011-06-21T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T15:54:37","slug":"blocking-imchat-with-wavecrests-cyblock-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/index.php\/blocking-imchat-with-wavecrests-cyblock-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocking IM\/Chat with Wavecrest&#8217;s CyBlock Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavecrest.net\/products\/cyblock\/ap\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CyBlock Appliance<\/a> offers the best coverage for blocking IM and Chat sites. The CyBlock Appliance can block the IM traffic as well as the sites to prevent the user from making a connection to the IM server.\u00a0 To block IM with the CyBlock Appliance, first go to the <strong>Advanced Settings &#8211; Filter Settings &#8211; Block Web Protocols<\/strong> screen and check all the IM clients that you want to block.\u00a0 Next, go to the <strong>Advanced Settings &#8211; Filter Settings &#8211; Block Web Categories<\/strong> screen and block the Chat category.\u00a0 For even more coverage, you can also block the following URLs by placing them in a Custom Category or by adding them to the Chat category.<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo IM: <a href=\"https:\/\/login.yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">login.yahoo.com<\/a> (Hardware and Software)<\/p>\n<p>AOL IM: <a href=\"https:\/\/login.oscar.aol.com\" target=\"_blank\">login.oscar.aol.com<\/a> (Other Category)<\/p>\n<p>MSN Messenger: <a href=\"https:\/\/login.live.com\" target=\"_blank\">login.live.com<\/a> (<strong>Note:<\/strong> This site also is used for Hotmail login as well. 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