Re: Blocking Music Sharing.

["David Loyd" <2of2 () unimatrix01 us>]

Mark,
    Kazaa uses fast track. It is nearly impossible to block it based on
ports.  We use a product called websense that is able to block this traffic
by looking at various strings. More information can be found on their site.
Hope this help you out.

http://www.websense.com

David Loyd
Senior Security Engineer
Atlantech Online Inc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrews Carl 448" <Carl.Andrews () crackerbarrel com>
To: "'Johnson, Mark'" <mjohnson () nmcr com>;
<full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Blocking Music Sharing.


> > From the latest LinuxJournal:
>  <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6945>
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6945
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Mark [mailto:mjohnson () nmcr com]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:37 AM
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Blocking Music Sharing.
>
>
> Due to the legal issues, I am trying to block access to sites like Kazaa
and
> Limewire in the office.  If I am not mistaken, these networks can use
> different ports each time, so there is no way to block it at the firewall.
> Is this right?  And if so, what is the best way to block access to these
> types of sites?
>
> Many thanks,
> Mark J.
>
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