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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager Version 2.2 User’s Guide
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Chapter7 Application Security
Instant Messaging
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Default encoding, which indicates that no encoding has been performed.
Instant Messaging
Use this window to control the traffic for instant messaging applications such as
Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger. To learn about the buttons and drawers
available in the Application Security tab, click Application Security Windows.
Click Permit, Block, and Alarm Controls to learn how to specify the action that
the router is to take when it encounters traffic with the ch aracteristics that you
specify in this window.
The following example shows traffic blocked for Yahoo Messenger traffic, and
alarms generated when traffic for that application arrives:
Yahoo Messenger Block Send Alarm (checked)
Point-to-Point Applications
This page allows you to create policy settings for Peer-to-Peer applications such
as Gnutella, BitTorrent, and eDonkey. To learn about the buttons and drawers
available in the Application Security tab, click Application Security Windows.
Click Permit, Block, and Alarm Controls to learn how to specify the action that
the router is to take when it encounters traffic with the ch aracteristics that you
specify in this window.
The following example shows traffic blocked for BitTorrent traffic, and alarms
generated when traffic for that application arrives:
BitTorrent Block