[afnog] Use of BitTorrents in Academic Environments

Tue Feb 26 11:38:22 UTC 2013

As a rule, I generally try and also avoid blocking in favour of other 
bandwidth management methods such as per host throttling, what about 
allowing torrenting in evenings when I presume your usage is less?

On 26/02/13 14:21, amon.kasonda at unza.zm wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am seeking advice from IT experts in academic environments on
> how they have handled the issue of BitTorrents on their network.
> As a university we have blocked this service because of the effect
> it has on internet bandwidth and issues pertaining to security. This
> is an inherent default configuration policy I have found in the
> university. However, our users strongly feel the service must be
> restored to enhance their learning and internet experience. Your
> independent views in this regard are welcome.
>
>
>
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>     1. Re:  .TZ DS records in root zone (Holy Kamuzora)
>     2. Re:  .TZ DS records in root zone (matogoro jabera)
>     3. Re:  .TZ DS records in root zone (Bope Domilongo Christian)
>     4. Re:  .TZ DS records in root zone (Seun Ojedeji)
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> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:07:54 +0300
> From: Holy Kamuzora <hkamuzora at gmail.com>
> To: Ntahigiye Abibu <abibu at tznic.or.tz>
> Cc: AfNOG <afnog at afnog.org>
> Subject: Re: [afnog] .TZ DS records in root zone
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> hurrey
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Ntahigiye Abibu <abibu at tznic.or.tz> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> On behalf of .tz management team, PAC (Board) and all Tanzanians, we thank
>> you so much for the congratulatory messages following what TZ has attained
>> in terms of securing its registry (dnssec deployment).
>>
>> The .tz success is the whole Internet community's success following the
>> support we obtained from various institutions of which most of you belong.
>>
>> In summary, the success has been a result of expertise obtained from
>> various
>> capacity building initiatives including the following:
>> 1. AfTLD trainings - AROC, IROC and SROC, the packages jointly developed by
>> ICANN, ISOC and NSRC for ccTLDs capacity building in Africa;
>> 2. AfNOG trainings (In Rwanda, Gambia, Tanzania, etc);
>> 3. Special DNSSEC training by NSRC during the ICANN meeting in Senegal;
>>
>> PLUS individual support from Phil Reginald, Joe Abley, Alan Aina (All from
>> NSRC), Patrik Wallstrom from .se and many others whom I can't easily
>> recall;
>>
>>
>> The DNSSEC deployment and Root Servers scaling (F-root hosting) are among
>> the activities in the strategic plan that we have so far accomplished.
>>
>> The .tz technical team is ready and willing to share the experience and in
>> fact it has already started (with .ZM).
>>
>> Way forward is the localization the AfNOG in TZ through tzNOG for effective
>> branding of .tz and more registrations. We do believe and hope that you
>> will
>> continue supporting us.
>>
>> Sincere regards
>>
>> Abibu
>> Admin Manager (.tz)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: afnog-bounces at afnog.org [mailto:afnog-bounces at afnog.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> McTim
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:29 PM
>> To: Richard Lamb
>> Cc: aftld-discuss at aftld.org; mje at posix.co.za; AfNOG
>> Subject: Re: [afnog] [AfTLD-Discuss] .TZ DS records in root zone
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Richard Lamb <richard.lamb at icann.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Wonderful.  If TZNIC is amenable to it, it would be great to see a
>> presentation on their approach so that we can all learn from them.  I
>> completely understand if not, but I am always on the lookout for new ways
>> to
>> deploy DNSSEC so that I can help others do the same.
>>
>> or perhaps a presentation at AfNOG?
>>
>> Well done TZnic!!
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
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> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:30:04 +0300
> From: matogoro jabera <jaberamatogoro at gmail.com>
> To: Ntahigiye Abibu <abibu at tznic.or.tz>
> Cc: AfNOG <afnog at afnog.org>
> Subject: Re: [afnog] .TZ DS records in root zone
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> Sure, this is a big step.
>
> All the best in your tzNOG initiative.
>
> On 2/19/13, Ntahigiye Abibu <abibu at tznic.or.tz> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> On behalf of .tz management team, PAC (Board) and all Tanzanians, we thank
>> you so much for the congratulatory messages following what TZ has attained
>> in terms of securing its registry (dnssec deployment).
>>
>> The .tz success is the whole Internet community's success following the
>> support we obtained from various institutions of which most of you belong.
>>
>> In summary, the success has been a result of expertise obtained from
>> various
>> capacity building initiatives including the following:
>> 1. AfTLD trainings - AROC, IROC and SROC, the packages jointly developed by
>> ICANN, ISOC and NSRC for ccTLDs capacity building in Africa;
>> 2. AfNOG trainings (In Rwanda, Gambia, Tanzania, etc);
>> 3. Special DNSSEC training by NSRC during the ICANN meeting in Senegal;
>>
>> PLUS individual support from Phil Reginald, Joe Abley, Alan Aina (All from
>> NSRC), Patrik Wallstrom from .se and many others whom I can't easily
>> recall;
>>
>>
>> The DNSSEC deployment and Root Servers scaling (F-root hosting) are among
>> the activities in the strategic plan that we have so far accomplished.
>>
>> The .tz technical team is ready and willing to share the experience and in
>> fact it has already started (with .ZM).
>>
>> Way forward is the localization the AfNOG in TZ through tzNOG for effective
>> branding of .tz and more registrations. We do believe and hope that you
>> will
>> continue supporting us.
>>
>> Sincere regards
>>
>> Abibu
>> Admin Manager (.tz)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: afnog-bounces at afnog.org [mailto:afnog-bounces at afnog.org] On Behalf Of
>> McTim
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:29 PM
>> To: Richard Lamb
>> Cc: aftld-discuss at aftld.org; mje at posix.co.za; AfNOG
>> Subject: Re: [afnog] [AfTLD-Discuss] .TZ DS records in root zone
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Richard Lamb <richard.lamb at icann.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Wonderful.  If TZNIC is amenable to it, it would be great to see a
>> presentation on their approach so that we can all learn from them.  I
>> completely understand if not, but I am always on the lookout for new ways
>> to
>> deploy DNSSEC so that I can help others do the same.
>>
>> or perhaps a presentation at AfNOG?
>>
>> Well done TZnic!!
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
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