RE: blocking p2p traffic

From: Zach Forsyth (Zach.Forsyth_at_kiandra.com)
Date: 03/04/04

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    To: "Deshpande, Yashodhan" <ydeshpande@ipolicynet.com>, <focus-ids@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:19:23 +1100

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Deshpande, Yashodhan [mailto:ydeshpande@ipolicynet.com]
    > Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2004 11:24 AM
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > Any information regarding IDS/IPS software available
    > which blocks p2p traffic? Or in general any information
    > regarding how to identify p2p application is running and may
    > be configure firewall to block such traffic. In general it is
    > observed that such applications do not work on = single port
    > and do port hopping. How to block them?
    >
    > Any inputs on the same would be appreciated.
    >
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Yashodhan

    Yashonda,

    Surfcontrol has a product which can filter and block:

    Public IM Protocols
       AOL Instant Messenger
       MSN Messenger
       Yahoo Messenger
       ICQ

    Peer-to-Peer
       Gnutella Network (Morpheus, BearShare, Phex, Gnucleus, LimeWire,
    others)
       FastTrack Network (Grokster and Kazaa)

    Not sure if it is what you are really looking for, but I would
    definitely go and read up on it.
    You can probably download a 30 day trial as well.
    I have not used this product apart from lab testing, but I have had
    great success with their email and web filtering products.

    More info here: http://www.surfcontrol.com/products/im/

    Cheers

    Zach

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