kamarale
23 posts

How do I block msn (and skype for example) on a Cisco router?? Thanks.

luismg
130 posts

I'll explain with megaupload site

class-map match-any BADURLS
 match protocol http host *rapidshare.com*
 match protocol http host *rapidshare.de*
 match protocol http host *4shared.com*
 match protocol http host *mediafire.com*
 match protocol http host *sendspace.com*
 match protocol http host *hotfile.com*
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policy-map BLOCKURLS
 class BADURLS
   drop

And on the interface you prefer you apply this with

interface wan
 service-policy output BLOCKURLS

Change the string for the msn servers and skype ones

luismg
130 posts

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kamarale
23 posts

Thanks,I know how to block URLs but not apps like msn or skype.

luismg
130 posts

The fact is that there is no spoon, go and block

https://Login.live.com or just as I said live.com http access and nobody will be able to login to msn messenger

I get the login url from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927847/en-us

And do the same with https://login.skype.com

or do this

match protocol skype and drop it in the policy-map

Hope this works for you.

joshlowe
101 posts

Another useful tip when blocking things like MSN, is to match based on the user-agent string.

For example, all packets sent by Windows Live Messenger (MSN) contain a user-agent string of "Live Messenger" in the HTTP header. You can match user-agent strings using the MQC like this:

class-map type inspect http match-any NO_MSN
  match  request header user-agent regex BLOCK_MSN

You need to have a parameter map (called BLOCK_MSN in this example) that contains the regex for the user-agent you're blocking ("Live Messenger" in this case). Then you create the appropriate policy map to filter matches to the NO_MSN class.

Do a search for user-agent and the program you want to block and you should find links to sites that will tell you what user-agent strings to filter.

Hope this helps, Josh

ciscocrank
29 posts

thankx luismg it great way . but joshlowe I don't know if it is work in all cisco IOS I have cisco 2900 series and (match request header user-agent regex) is not found

thankx

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