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Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

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  • 1.  Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

    Posted Sep 29, 2014 11:29 PM

    Airheads,

     

    As you might already know the Yik Yak app has been stirring a bit of controversy in the education space.

     

    I was wondering if any of you have blocked it at a Wi-Fi network level and if so how?

     

    I realize that you can probably request Yik Yak to block it from working on your campus if you have it geo-fenced but we would like to block it from our internal network to prevent being liable for any messages that come from our IP address space.

     

    Do you have any other ideas on the matter?

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 01, 2014 08:48 PM

    If you google "yik yak firewall" there are plenty of ideas on how to do this.  Maybe others can chime in on how they have done it.

     

     

     

     



  • 3.  RE: Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

    Posted Oct 02, 2014 08:32 AM
    Found this link for you Twotech

    https://support.software.dell.com/kb/sw11030it could apply to Aruba


  • 4.  RE: Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 02, 2014 10:42 AM

    I've seen somewhere else that you just block yikyakapp.com



  • 5.  RE: Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 02, 2014 10:50 AM
    @Michael_Clarke wrote:

    I've seen somewhere else that you just block yikyakapp.com

    Michael_Clarke,

     

    Where did you see that?

     



  • 6.  RE: Blocking Yik Yak on your Wi-Fi network

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 02, 2014 10:57 AM

    it was an Aerohive video about defining a custom application signature.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A53x50IVFFA&feature=youtu.be