Block IM for AOL...and others

[brianprice]

Does anyone have a link to a recommended ACL to use for blocking the IMs with IOS versions prior to 12.x.x ? Blocking the 5190, 505, etc... doesn't seem to stop the IM client.

[sconnolly]

This link lists ways to block numerour Messaging apps.

http://www.oofle.com/messaging/index.htm

[yusuff]

******common chat ports******

tcp 6667 (irc) 6660- 6670 (the default being 6667).

tcp 6665-6669 (common IRC)

tcp 5190 (aol)

tcp 5190, dyn >=1024 (aol ICQ)

tcp/udp 5190-5193 (aol)

tcp 1863 (msn)

tcp/udp 4020 (ichat)

tcp 5000-5001 and udp 5000-5010 (Yahoo voice chat)

tcp 5050 (Yahoo messages)

tcp 5100 (Yahoo Webcams)

Hope that helps

R/Yusuf