Re: Blocking P2P

[Chris Fontaine <chris.fontaine () HUMBER CA>]

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<SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> writes:
> Greetings.
>
> I apologize in advance if this topic has already been addressed.  I'm
> wondering what other Universities are doing regarding P2P traffic on
> their student internet connections.  We currently do not block P2P, we
> only throttle back bandwidth.  Accordingly, we get a steady flow of
> copyright infringement notifications under the DMCA.  We're discussing
> blocking all P2P traffic.  Is anyone else doing that, or what are you
> doing, if anything, about P2P?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Steve.
>
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We are indeed blocking it......

Our equipment is Netscreen IDP.

The argument surrounding the issue was a difficult one to win with the high
level administration, however, with the increasing number of cases involving
the RIAA and in, Canada CAAST (Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft), the
threat of legal liability allowed us to bolster support for the complete denial
of P2P traffic at our facilities.

The downside is the number of hits against the IDP from our labs and residence
halls, but the amount of bandwidth "saved" from the software bandits is worth
the trouble.........


Chris Fontaine


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