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Block P2P - Help with my results.
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For my work I was asked to look into blocking P2P or file sharing on our "Free Public Wifi" network, I have written a "report" as such, nothing formal, quite the contuary for me to give to my manager, which I do not wish to publish on here but would like some opinions.
anyone with at least some knowlege would like to help and proof read for me? I believe I made sense, its due on monday anyway.
anyone with at least some knowlege would like to help and proof read for me? I believe I made sense, its due on monday anyway.
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Really? the solutions i have put on my "report" are
1 - Blocking ports (easy but not very effective)
2 - Ad Hoc network, run the wifi through a linux machine using Linux QoS/Net Filter and L7 Application Layer Packet Classifier
3 - Ad Hoc network through a windows machine and use a software firewall to block outgoing communications from applications (and allow known/allowed applications) (this is the one i am not sure if it'll work)
Check out this link, it has some good info on this topic.
I think the popular thing they normally talk about is group policy for restricting what users can do. But I'll ask them :-)
Tricky to do, I expect. Wouldmean firewalling off everthing. Even then I think some stuff will piggyback over http ports, making it more difficult.
funny enough out of the methods I've chosen they've decided just to block the ports, leaving a handful of ports open (msn, aol, yahoo, gtalk) however torrents still work, i got a peak of 25kbs with an avg of around 10kbs (with it going via HTTP 80/81), however we're hoping slow speeds will deter them..
Done, but people also use programs such as "kazza, limewire" etc which can use randomized ports, also it doesn't stop them downloading or getting emailed the torrent. I know the torrent site I use has a facility where you Email them and they email a copy of the requested torrent to you.