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I'm sure this has been asked before. Is there a port, either locally on a
machine or globally on the firewall that can be used to limit or block Kazaa
usage? I know this is tricky because of the very nature of point to point
sharing. Any recommendations will be helpful.
 
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You will find it difficult to block all the ports which Kazaa can utilize.
The best course is to install, integrate a firewall that can use statefull
inspection and / or learn the actions that peer-to-peer exhibits and block
the process regardless of how it morphs, changes ports. Obviously Checkpoint
and Zone alarm Pro (on lower end) come to mind, as I am familiar with those
products. There surely are others.


"Rolando" <pc_con@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> I'm sure this has been asked before. Is there a port, either locally on a
> machine or globally on the firewall that can be used to limit or block
Kazaa
> usage? I know this is tricky because of the very nature of point to point
> sharing. Any recommendations will be helpful.
>
>


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"Rolando" <pc_con@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:<6E4sc.2880$vs3.2217@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>...
> I'm sure this has been asked before. Is there a port, either locally on a
> machine or globally on the firewall that can be used to limit or block Kazaa
> usage? I know this is tricky because of the very nature of point to point
> sharing. Any recommendations will be helpful.

The only purpose of Kazaa is to search for and share files over the
Internet. If you want to block Kazaa's access to the Internet then
the obvious solution is to just uninstall the program!
 
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On 23 May 2004 22:01:36 -0700, battuta@popmail.com (Ibn Battuta)
wrote:

>The only purpose of Kazaa is to search for and share files over the
>Internet. If you want to block Kazaa's access to the Internet then
>the obvious solution is to just uninstall the program!
I'm sure his purpose is to prevent others from running P2P stuff, like
employees.

If you want to stop running it yourself, sure, just uninstall it. But
the network guy hardly ever has that problem. He is usually tasked
with prevention of these activities by those who are supposed to be
working.
 
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"Steevo@my-deja.com" <steevo@my-deja.com> wrote in
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> On 23 May 2004 22:01:36 -0700, battuta@popmail.com (Ibn
> Battuta) wrote:
>
>>The only purpose of Kazaa is to search for and share files
>>over the Internet. If you want to block Kazaa's access to
>>the Internet then the obvious solution is to just uninstall
>>the program!
> I'm sure his purpose is to prevent others from running P2P
> stuff, like employees.
>
> If you want to stop running it yourself, sure, just
> uninstall it. But the network guy hardly ever has that
> problem. He is usually tasked with prevention of these
> activities by those who are supposed to be working.

Perhaps you are right, though the poster didn't mention the
situation.

But in my experience, network administrators often (or should)
have the power to prevent employees from installing programs,
or there is a company policy on what can and can't be run on
the computers. Programs like Kazaa are normally against
company policy. A network administrator should be able to
trace who is using the Kazaa and threaten to revoke their
priviledges. Instead on disabling Kazaa, it's the employee who
breeches security rules that should be disabled. :)

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>I'm sure his purpose is to prevent others from running P2P stuff, like
>employees.

That's a job for the personnel department, not the network administrator.
Employees who break the rules should be uninstalled.
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Should, would, could...are excellent ways to shift the problem and the
blame. Putting a lock on your door doesn't so much keep the criminals out
(they can break a window, assault you and take the keys from you)...locks
are designed to keep honest people honest.

It is a fact that courts have, will and continue to require a degree of
"due diligence" on the part of the owner of an attractive nuisance. leave an
unchained, unused, old refidgerarator, even on your own property,...if a
child climbs into it and dies by suffocation, believe it...you will be
prosecuted.

Merely telling someone not to do something is often not enough of a
deterrent. That is why we have warning messages on cigarette packages,
warning messages on hot coffee, warning messages displayed when you log into
your system.

The are there to remind a person, in an immediate way, that they are about
to do something not condoned, As a system/network manager you must make a
reasonable attempt to prevent a person from doing something illegal before
you can take action against them.

If you read the news, the record companies are currently bringing law suites
again several colleges/universities, because they allegedly didn't try hard
enough to prevent students from downloading music, using Kazaa and other
Peer-to-Peer applications. Not doing the same for your employer, can allow
them to be sued and can be a great way to insure you will not make the same
mistake on your "next" employers network.

"Steevo@my-deja.com" <steevo@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> On 23 May 2004 22:01:36 -0700, battuta@popmail.com (Ibn Battuta)
> wrote:
>
> >The only purpose of Kazaa is to search for and share files over the
> >Internet. If you want to block Kazaa's access to the Internet then
> >the obvious solution is to just uninstall the program!
> I'm sure his purpose is to prevent others from running P2P stuff, like
> employees.
>
> If you want to stop running it yourself, sure, just uninstall it. But
> the network guy hardly ever has that problem. He is usually tasked
> with prevention of these activities by those who are supposed to be
> working.


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