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how to block specific userid on Y!

networkware
Level 1
Level 1

Dear security guys

is possible to block specific user ID on yahoo messenger and let other user-ID work ??

any hint please?

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Nicolas Fournier
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi,

AFAIK, there is no way to block the communication on a per user basis. If it is possible, it would be all users are denied or none of them.

Regards,

Nicolas

rhermes
Level 7
Level 7

If you have a packet capture of the traffic you can see if the user name is handled in plain text. If it is you can build a custom signature to drop packets containing that text, plus some other Yahoo protocol specifics.

If you don;t inlcude some Y! specifics you run the risk of dropping legitimate traffic that just happens to have that character string in the payload.

- Bob

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