Google Desktop

[harrylawhorn]

Hello, sorry if this is the wrong forum.

Can someone give me a jump on the easiest way to block Google Desktop app without blocking the google search page?

We have a PIX 520 with 1000 PC's/ 20 Servers behind it and a lot of Admin users. Is there a IP range or URL I could block to stop the app from working?

Thanks,

HARRY

[gfullage]

Google is your friend (some irony in that):

http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2006/Feb/0183.html

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/14/google_desktop.html

http://www.securityforest.com/wiki/index.php/Hacking_Google_Desktop_Search

Looks like it operates on TCP/4664, but it may, like many other programs, default to TCP/80 if that is blocked. You'd have to test it out with a simple ACL on th ePIX blocking that port.