Re: Peer to Peer Blocking

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

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?
>
>
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>
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We have placed a packeteer inline to "slow down" this type of traffic with
great success......


Chris Fontaine

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Digital Information Protection & Security,

Humber College
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