MSN MESSENGER RESTRICTIONS

[JORGEMAL]

I need to restrict access to MSN Messenger and followed the instructions of an article I found in Wingate's KB. It talks about blocking the port of Messenger so I did that and it worked but something strange is happening with some configuraton. The article says I must select the 2 following checkboxes in the Port Range Configuration window:
"Local computers to the Wingate PC"
"Local computers to the Internet"
I do that and press OK until I get to the main Wingate window and I press the SAVE button. When I go back to the Port Range Configuration window I see that those 2 checkboxes are no longer enabled but only the "Internet computers to the Wingate PC" which is selected by default.
This is strange because the result of blocking Messenger is achieved so I suppose that it works as long as I do not go to the Port Range Configuration again and press OK without selecting the 2 checkboxes mentioned above.
Is Wingate responsible for this issue or I am doing something wrong?

Also, is it possible to restrict MSN Messenger access to a group of users or IP's ?

Regards,
Jorge Maldonado

[MattP]

Hi,

If you go back to the port security screen after creating the block, you'll see only the "connections from the internet" screen by default. If you select "LAN connections to WinGate PC" and "LAN connections to the internet" from the drop-down box then you should see the port blocks that you created.

You can restrict which applications are allowed to run on the network if you're using the WinGate Internet Client(WGIC) and an Enterprise license. This allows you to run the Central Configuration option, and means that you can stop an application from even running. You can then create groups that can access certain applications, and groups that are denied.

[WG-newbie]

Hi
I have problem to restrict MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger on wingate. Could you tell me which port number should I close to restrict MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger?

Thanks