Possible to block Skype

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Madord
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Possible to block Skype

Post by Madord »

Hey guys,

Been searching the last couple of days but mostly what I find states that it is not possible to block skype.

Is this right? I know there is a skype option in the QOS options, can I use this to block skype anyway?

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Re: Possible to block Skype

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There are no known ways to block Skype with Gargoyle.
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Madord
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Re: Possible to block Skype

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pbix wrote:There are no known ways to block Skype with Gargoyle.
OK. thanks. :)

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DoesItMatter
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Re: Possible to block Skype

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http://pingtool.org/block-skype-connection/

See this thread

You can possibly do it via command line with iptables

You might also be able to add hosts entries for any

skype.net
skype.com

etc.

Command line is much more powerful than GUI
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