full-disclosure - Blocking Skype

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Date: Mon Nov 14 08:06:34 2005
From: kkadow at gmail.com (Kevin)
Subject: Blocking Skype

On 11/13/05, dsluser@...rates.net.ae <dsluser@...rates.net.ae> wrote:
> I have had no problems at all with the above setup, and as a result,
> only Skype is blocked, as most(if not all) companies serious about
> having a web presence
> have registered domains and hence are referenced by their FQDN URLs.

This will also work for blocking Gnutella.

When blocking 'CONNECT' to destinations specified by IP, you may find
a few false-positives, I have seen a few legitimate sites in the squid
logs using CONNECT to an IP address.

Kevin Kadow