Re: Do you block P2P ?

[Dan Oachs <doachs () GAC EDU>]

We do something similar.  We don't care what students choose to do with
their share of the bandwidth.  If they want to use it all on P2P, they
can, but then after they use their fair share everything else gets slower.

If you are interested in the details you can learn more here:
https://gustavus.edu/gts/Bandwidth_fairness

   --Dan Oachs
      Gustavus Adolphus College


Joel Rosenblatt wrote:
> No, we do not block anything.
>
> We have a protocol agnostic rate limit on commercial traffic - 1gig
> down, 400meg up - per hour - Internet2 is not restricted.
>
> Thanks,
> Joel Rosenblatt
>
> Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
> Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
> Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
> http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
>
>
> --On Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:14 AM -0600 "Raymond, Jessica"
> <Jessica.Raymond () UNCO EDU> wrote:
>
> > We tried at one point, but even some teachers were claiming they needed
> > it.  I personally would like to be able to block it all.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> > [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Miller, Duke
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:43 PM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Do you block P2P ?
> >
> > Mike -
> >
> > We rate limit downloads to something like 24k per user for P2P apps and
> > Torrents. We do block all "upload" traffic from off campus sources. I've
> > gotten 2 complaints this year ... and I've found a really nice way of
> > saying "to bad ... so sad".
> >
> > DUKE
> >
> > H. Duke Miller, Network Services Manager
> > MCITP: Enterprise Administrator, MCITP: Server Administrator, MCTS,
> > MCSE: Security, MCSA: Security, MCP, Security+, BICSI II, CCTT, CDP,
> > CPITC
> >
> > Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue - Decatur, GA 30030
> > voice:  404 471-6318
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> > [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of mike corcoran
> > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:12 PM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: [SECURITY] Do you block P2P ?
> >
> > How many of you block P2P on your campus?  If you do block it, how many
> > complaints do you receive because of it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > --
> > Mike Corcoran, Systems Security Engineer
> > Wright State University, Information Security
> > Voice:937-775-2431, Fax:937-775-4049
> > http://www.wright.edu/security/
> >
> > Don't be scammed, CaTS will NEVER ask for your password via e-mail!
>
>
>
> Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
> Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
> Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
> http://www.columbia.edu/~joel

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