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Re: Peer to Peer Blocking
From: Chris Fontaine <chris.fontaine () HUMBER CA>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:29:50 -0500
The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> on Monday, March 7, 2005 at 11:21 AM -0500 wrote:
Our college has received Copyright warnings from the Recording Industry concerning what they believe to be improper music downloads using 'peer to peer' networks, such as BearShare, BitTorent, LineWire, Gnutella, KaZaA, etc. Has anyone implemented a 'peer to peer' Blocking service to address this issue? Pros and Cons? Or are there other solutions? Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lee Holz Jim Schug Information Security Instructor [ http://oncampus.matc.edu/infosec ] http://oncampus.matc.edu/infosec Milwaukee Area Technical College 5555 West Highland Road, Mequon, WI 53092 USA Phone: (262) 238-2267 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
We have placed a packeteer inline to "slow down" this type of traffic with great success...... Chris Fontaine ========================================================================== "How is "education" supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Like when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive...." - Homer Simpson ========================================================================== Chris Fontaine Digital Information Protection & Security, Humber College Information & Technology Services 205 Humber College Blvd Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 5L7 chris.fontaine () humber ca (416) 675-6622 ext 4461 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Current thread:
- Peer to Peer Blocking Jim Schug (Mar 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Brent (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Chris Fontaine (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Scholz, Greg (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Lanham, Sean (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Chris Steele (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Eric Pancer (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Jere Retzer (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Flagg, Martin D. (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Michael Cole (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking clementz.7 (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Tracy Mitrano (Mar 07)
- Re: Peer to Peer Blocking Christopher E. Cramer (Mar 07)
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