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To Block IRC Activity in the office.

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by mshjohorean

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Dear expert,
How to setup the configuration on 1 pc to bar or to block any irc activity amongs staff in my company?

For your info, I already setup a pc acting as a proxy for internet connectivity gateway to control who can surf an who are not. That pc has been configured to block activity to surf any adult website. It's mean any keywords that been put in at address bar at IE or netscape or any browser or any keyword that been put at any search bar at portal homepage.

Right now, my internet connectivity has been slow down by IRc / Mirc, ICq, Yahoo pager and MSN Messanger. Pls advice me how to block it.

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by big ray

You can use the proxy server to block certain ports along with the adult websites. Find out which port the IRC and other programs you don't want to be used and lock out those ports on the proxy.

by shmaltz

Also you can just block all internet access from you users, since they use a proxy to connect to the web they dont need internet access, just access to the proxy server is enough. You can do this by not giving the computers a Default Gateway in thier IP settings and then change the Gateways IP address.

by cavedweller

You need to install a firewall/proxy server (or turn on the firewall portion of your current proxy server). Then, establish rules which only allow users to access the ports you want (http, ssl, ftp and smtp for starters) through the proxy server. Use your current monitering scheme to block inappropriate content. By denying users direct access to the internet you can completely control the situation.

If you check www.tinysoftware.com they have a product called WinRoutePro and some decent documentation. You can download the try the software for 30 days for evaluation before purchasing it.

You should also publish a written internet usage policy which establishes the punishment for misuse.

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