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From: Matthias Bethke <matthias@×××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to stop skype im use
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:03:53
Message-Id: 20060513165209.GB30862@huxley
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] how to stop skype im use by El Nino
1 Hi El,
2 on Wednesday, 2006-05-10 at 14:29:39, you wrote:
3 > dear all,
4 >
5 > how to stop skype IM? using squid or iptables.
6
7 It's fairly difficult as most of their content is encrypted. But I seem
8 to remember you can block session initiation (not sure if it can be done
9 slectively for IM but not phone functionality) using iptables. Have a
10 look at
11 http://www.ossir.org/windows/supports/2005/2005-11-07/EADS-CCR_Fabrice_Skype.pdf
12 Very enlighting (ugh!) paper on Skype's innards, I think they have an
13 iptables rule somewhere.
14
15 cheers!
16 Matthias
17 --
18 I prefer encrypted and signed messages. KeyID: FAC37665
19 Fingerprint: 8C16 3F0A A6FC DF0D 19B0 8DEF 48D9 1700 FAC3 7665