Re: Do you block P2P ?

["Avdagic, Indir" <indir_avdagic () WSU EDU>]

We also don't block P2P traffic but we shape the bandwidth and observe
P2P traffic with firewalls rules and NetFlow Collector. This way we are
able to detect bad P2P traffic and avoid a lot of DMCA notices.

Regards,

Indir

_________________________________
Indir Avdagic, CISSP, ACSA, TICSA
Network Security Engineer
Washington State University 
indir_avdagic () wsu edu
Phone: (509) 335-3279



-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Bullock
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 5:46 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Do you block P2P ?

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
 
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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Sinatra
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:27 PM
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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