Excessive non-business IM during business hours could adversely affect users' productivity. The use of P2P may consume enough network bandwidth to leave noticeable impact on the network and operation of legitimate programs.
This article describes how to block IM/P2P by using HTTP Signature, a new feature of ISA 2004. For the sake of simplicity, only the blocking of MSN Messenger is discussed; however, the same concept applies to Live Messenger, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, etc.
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