Yahoo! Messenger with Pidgin messaging client

When the Pidgin messaging client is used with Yahoo! Messenger, the SSL connection is blocked. Traffic can be permitted by adding one or two rules to the SSL Incident list.

The message traffic cannot be meaningfully scanned, therefore it is recommended that you add the URL to the Scanning: Never Scan list (in the Web Security module of Forcepoint Security Manager).

PAC file entry:

if (shExpMatch(url, scsa.msg.yahoo.com)) || (shExpMatch(url, filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com))

{

return "DIRECT";

}

To prevent file transfers, remove “filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com” from the above code.

SSL incident rule:

Add:

URL scsa.msg.yahoo.comTUNNEL

URL filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com TUNNEL

Or, to block filetransfers, make the filetransfer rule BLACKLIST.