David Kaye
2014-05-23 19:14:47 UTC
I'm not up on current Bit Torrent technologies, but last I checked there was
no way to effectively block Bit Torrent.
The manager of an apartment building I administer (74 units) got a notice
from Comcast stating that Bit Torrent was used to download "Game of
Thrones". I'm aware that these issues usually just end with the notice
being sent. Even so, my customer wants to be reassured that I'm doing
everything I can do to help stop this file piracy.
As I understand it, Bit Torrent and other torrents can and do use any port
they wish, including those below 1024, and thus there is probably no
practical way to prevent torrents from bsing used. Also, filtering via MAC
address is impractical, given the large number of computers involved.
Is there any kind of (not too expensive) firewalling available that
addresses this issue?
Ideas anyone?
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no way to effectively block Bit Torrent.
The manager of an apartment building I administer (74 units) got a notice
from Comcast stating that Bit Torrent was used to download "Game of
Thrones". I'm aware that these issues usually just end with the notice
being sent. Even so, my customer wants to be reassured that I'm doing
everything I can do to help stop this file piracy.
As I understand it, Bit Torrent and other torrents can and do use any port
they wish, including those below 1024, and thus there is probably no
practical way to prevent torrents from bsing used. Also, filtering via MAC
address is impractical, given the large number of computers involved.
Is there any kind of (not too expensive) firewalling available that
addresses this issue?
Ideas anyone?
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