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Blocking Gtalk

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I would like to know is there any way to block gtalk through squid proxy? bcos gtalk can be access through gmail, I dont like to block gmail but i would like to block gtalk part.
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There should be a way to do this. Although you'd have to find out the specific URL's that are involved. I'd suggest maybe using the http live headers plugin for firefox and see what requests are made when using the Chat component of Google's web chat and then disabling these URLs via an ACL.
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U r wrong cozminsky, if i block that url then no one can access gmail
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Okay, I sat down and looked at it for 15 minutes. I found the URL. You'll need to put the following lines in squid. If you're using a different proxy then you'll need to change this.

acl gtalk url_regex -i ^http://mail.google.com/mail/channel/bind.*$

http_access deny gtalk

Once those two lines are added to the relevant sections the gtalk section will come up as:

We're experiencing technical difficulties that may prevent your chats from being sent, along with the login screen cycling continuously.