Re: Napster vs. ITunes.. Which is more secure?

[James Alcasid <james.alcasid () va gov>]

If you apply the principle of minimal privilege then you would not allow any
file/music sharing software and close up the corresponding ports on the
firewall as an example. Also include a written policy that is signed off and
understood by all then you won't have to support Britney Spears music not
being downloaded.

A middle ground approach is to allow a program such as iTunes on the Macs as
an example but block out ports 3689 music sharing and radio streaming ports
8000-8999, 42000-42999.

Forget about any P2P programs on the corporate LAN, your just asking for
trouble.


On 10/4/07 1:26 PM, "desert penguin" <desertpenguin007 () msn com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> Have begun a cleanup on a network in which many PCs were found to have
> iTunes, Napster and some other P2P programs which are obviously "no no's".
> I am leaning more towards allowing Windows Media player and iTunes, but what
> about Napster?  Now that they are legalized, are there insecurities with it-
> or is it pretty much on the same "level" as iTunes?  Is it good policy to
> allow WMP and iTunes and disallow Napster and say, BearShare, or would it be
> best to just restrict them all entirely?  Thank You