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Re: Do you block P2P ?


From: "Plesco, Todd" <tplesco () CHAPMAN EDU>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:32:45 -0700

We also throttle it.

Todd A. Plesco  CISM, CBCP
Chapman University, Director of Information Security
One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866
Phone: (714) 744-7979/Fax: (714) 744-7041


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At 15:12 -0400 9/3/2009, 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, but we do rate-limit how much bandwidth is available for
identifiable P2P file sharing applications.  It's been a while since
we've
had any complaints.


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