Re: DMCA

[Kevin Hayes <krhayes () WAYNE EDU>]

The World of Warcraft updater uses BitTorrent to help distribute their 
patches.  Maybe not legitimate from an academic standpoint, but 
virtually essential if you ask people in Residential Life.

--Kevin

Kevin Hayes
Lead Systems Security Specialist
C&IT - Network Engineering and Security
Wayne State University
313-577-3454
krhayes () wayne edu

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On 11/29/2011 9:32 AM, Joel Rosenblatt wrote:
> Used by our students
>
> Linux download, Skype
>
> See <http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EST0901.pdf> THINGS YOU 
> SHOULD KNOW ABOUT… P2P
>
> <http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~danr/courses/6772/Fall06/papers/planetscale.pdf> 
> Planet Scale Software Updates
>
> My 2 cents
> Joel
>
>
> --On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:04 AM -0600 Brian L Cox 
> <coxbl2 () UNK EDU> wrote:
>
> > Ed,
> >
> > We block P2P traffic.  When we identify a new P2P application being used
> > by a student we block their access to the network and require them to 
> > call
> > and set up an appointment with our CIO before their access is restored.
> > That application is then added to the default blocking list  This may 
> > seem
> > a bit harsh but it has resulted in only 2 notices sent to us so far this
> > year.  We will allow legitimate P2P traffic and so far the only P2P
> > traffic allowed is for those using games that require P2P for updates 
> > etc.
> >  We have yet to have anyone come forward with a legitimate 
> > educational use
> > for P2P.   I am sure those applications exist, but we have not 
> > encountered
> > them so far.   This brings up a second part to this question....what, if
> > any, legitimate P2P applications have been identified being used on
> > college campuses?
> >
> > _________________
> > Brian L Cox
> > Information Technology Services
> > Assistant Director of Network Services
> > University of Nebraska Kearney
> > (308)865-8176
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   "Hudson, Edward" <ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU>
> > To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Date:   11/28/2011 05:47 PM
> > Subject:        [SECURITY] DMCA
> > Sent by:        The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> > <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Polling to see how other campuses are handling DMCA take down notices.
> > Ours has risen to a level current process is not working efficiently. We
> > are hearing some universities are:
> > 1) Ignoring notices from copyright holders
> > 2) Outright blocking of file sharing as "95% are used for nefarious
> > purposes"
> > Interested to see how other institutions are addressing.
> > Thanks
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Ed Hudson, CISM
> > Information Security Office
> > California State University, Chico
> > http://www.csuchico.edu/isec/index.shtml
> > Office: (530) 898-6307
> > ewhudson () csuchico edu
>
>
>
> 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
> Public PGP key
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90BD740BCC7326C3