Re: Kazaa Block !

From: NeoSadist (neos@dist)
Date: 11/29/02 

From: "NeoSadist" <neos@dist>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:26:49 -0700

"hazard" <platon@hazard.gr> wrote in message
news:as5esf$sq1$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr...
> Any idea how to block kazaa ?????
> When a user open it, it seems that it tries to connect to the
> "rr1.kazaa.com" but rr1.kazaa.com seems to have many different ip's.
> If i block the 1165 tcp port, it goes over http.
> I don't know what to do... i think that i found a solution by blocking all
> the .kazaa.com, the 217.116.226.0 and the 1214, 3306 tcp/udp ports
> I tried from a user of the company pc and it returns a dns error on the
> first page and the no connect (yea, i did it:) )
> Do I have to block something else to be sure cause there're lot of users,
> slow connection, and finaly no bandwith for me !! (kidding)
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> Thanks !
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What the world?
Are you the net admin?
First off, if this is a work LAN, and you're the admin, uninstall all KaZaA
from all computers and tell your boss what is going on: that this is a mild
security breach, but worse, it is a blatant abuse of work computers. Then,
block all dynamic ports (1024-65535) both in and out, if you're brave, or
just re-setup the firewall to only allow in what you want in: i.e. http,
etc. If they don't need to download, you can safely disable ftp. The best
method is block everything, then only allow what is absolutely needed to do
their job. Period. No matter how old your users are at work, they will
always act like children -- they will try to get away with whatever they
can, somehow thinking that their work computer belongs to them. Blame
Microsoft for starting the psychology of "MY documents", "MY email", "MY
music", etc lol.
If this is a home LAN, and these are your children, ground them first, then
block KaZaA from their computers, using password protection and/or windows
2000 user priveleges. However, being a home LAN, there's not much you can
do, but security also isn't a big deal, although it should at least be
implemented.