Napster and others...

["Scott McGrath" <s_mcgrath () bexair com>]

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> From: Scott McGrath <s_mcgrath () bexair com>
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> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 12:45:48 -0500
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> One of the big problems from my standpoint is that I know of no well known
> data port that I can queue for for web traffic from other than authorized sites
> I use a low priority queue which during busy times drops packets but when the usage
> is low all web traffic flows smoothly.
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> Another way would be to tag the Napster frames with QoS information so that
> Napster usage could be controlled with QoS policies. I really DO NOT WANT
> to prohibit access to Napster but I do NEED to deliver the critical services first
> and "fill up the corners" with entertainment services which make our end-users
> happy.
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> Michael Ridley wrote:
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> > What would be your suggestions on making Napster a more network
> > friendly app?  Certainly it would be easier to queue it if it only used
> > one port for client->client transfer, but the problem is that there's no
> > way to know if that port would be in use.  Also, for people behind firewalls
> > you need to tunnel in sometimes (of course, that works only a small
> > portion of the time).  I don't know what the numbers look like, but it
> > may be the case that just queueing up the default data port would
> > catch some large percentage of the Napster file transfering.
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> > Anyway, if there are constructive suggestions, we're all ears.
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> > -Michael
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> > On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 11:48:25AM -0500, Scott McGrath wrote:
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> > > for which it is purchased for. If Napster and it's ilk were well written
> > > applications
> > > I could create custom queues for it and discard  when necessary like I do for non
> > > business related web traffic rather than my current heavy handed ACL's If anyone
> > > on the list has a alternate method I would appreciate hearing about it and my
> > > users would love me for giving them back access to Napster and other music sites.
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> > > Apologetically - Scott
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> > Michael Ridley <michael () napster com>
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