<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">You can not use ports to block Bittorent. You'll need an application layer firewall like Palo-Alto to achieve this.<br>Regards, <br><div>----------------------------<br><span style="font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:rgb(230, 230, 230);"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 64, 127);">NJIE Paul EFOME</span></span></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0, 64, 127);">DSIR (IT & IP Manager) - Camtel<br>B.P. 1571 Yaoundé - Cameroon<br>Tel/Fax: +237-2222-5235<br>CDMA: +237-2275-8229</span></span><br></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> afnog@afnog.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:18 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [afnog] Use of BitTorrents in Academic Environments<br> </font> </div> <br>
<br>On 26/02/13 14:21, <a ymailto="mailto:amon.kasonda@unza.zm" href="mailto:amon.kasonda@unza.zm">amon.kasonda@unza.zm</a> wrote:<br><br>> I am seeking advice from IT experts in academic environments on<br>> how they have handled the issue of BitTorrents on their network.<br>> As a university we have blocked this service because of the effect<br>> it has on internet bandwidth and issues pertaining to security. This<br>> is an inherent default configuration policy I have found in the<br>> university. However, our users strongly feel the service must be<br>> restored to enhance their learning and internet experience. Your<br>> independent views in this regard are welcome.<br>---------------------------------------------------<br><br><br>Perhaps you can use QoS to prioritize important traffic<br>and let torrent traffic take what's left of your internet<br>circuit. This doesn't do anything about the security<br>aspects you
mention, but it controls your bandwidth in<br>a manner that allows everyone to get what they need and <br>then allows the rest of the bandwidth to go to the torrent <br>traffic.<br><br>scott<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>afnog mailing list<br>http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>afnog mailing list<br><a href="http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog" target="_blank">http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>