Re: Do you block P2P ?

[Michael Sinatra <michael () RANCID BERKELEY EDU>]

On 09/03/09 12:12, mike corcoran wrote:
> How many of you block P2P on your campus?  If you do block it, how many
> complaints do you receive because of it?

We do not block p2p protocols.  We only rate limit the total ISP
(non-R&E network) bandwidth available to different parts of campus.  Our
Res halls have a bandwidth cap that applies to all user bandwidth
off-campus.

Interestingly, our res hall staff now use Bittorrent to distribute their
package of patches and a/v and firewall software for students to use to
keep their systems secure.  In the past they distribute this via
physical CDs, but this year they just used torrents.  It worked.

michael
UC Berkeley