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Re: skirting port blocking?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:15:30 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.^ihatespam^org
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Jamie Obrien <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote:
> Hi, yeah i know about the *security* aspect, the never ending battle.
> Although it seems to be more about keeping the p2p'ers from getting
> *any* bandwdith. Hmm i seem to see a couple of *.bu.edu entries in my BT
> and WinMX log files ;-)
We have a lot of bandwidth. :)
> Windows boxes aren't the ones you need to worry about. It's what people are
> playing with in the back offices where you can't see :-O
Yeah, but with 97% of machines running MS OSes, I think the ISPs are
sincere in saying that the main purpose of blocking port 25 is to stop the
onslaught of Windows-bourne trojans/worms/etc. I know some *better*
solutions, but they're not going to happen anytime soon. :)
> So how much of your time is taken up going after P2P'ers at BU? Apart from
> dorms, is it a big problem?
0% of my time -- not *my* problem. But, before the big RIAA lawsuit fuss,
it was the majority of our bandwidth. It's still a significant portion,
but much more spread out over different services. And like I said, there's
lots of bandwidth.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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