Deny Access To Gmail Chat

[desaya01 0]

How to I can deny access to gmail chat from policy manager, with out deny gmail access?  Is possible do that configuration?

[Arakasi 549]

Hello,

Can we get a Moderator to move this to the Endpoint section.

 

According to my source here : hxxp://stackoverflow.com/questions/3452161/which-ports-does-xmpp-use

 

You could create a blocking rule for tcp and udp on ports 5222, 5223, 5269, & 5298.

This is the port XMPP uses for communication.

This may have the effect you want where Google talk and Gmail instant messaging traffic do not complete and get blocked, however Gmail itself will still be fully functional as it will be using the standard mail ports for traffic.

You could make the suggested rules in a temporary policy and deploy it to one workstation and test and see.

Then edit your current policy and finalize the rule.