Re: Do you block P2P ?

[Wayne Bullock <wayne () FAU EDU>]

We don't block but we restrict bandwidth significantly. We get a few DMCA notices. A handful a month which seems to be 
manageable. The vast majority of the notices pertain to students living in Housing.

        --Wayne

Wayne Bullock, MSCIS, CCNA
Associate Director 
Communication Services Infrastructure
Information Resource Management 
Florida Atlantic University 
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
 
-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Michael 
Sinatra
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:27 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Do you block P2P ?

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