Re: How can I stop p2p clients, eg WinMx, Kazza using ftwall in my company?
From: Memnoch (memnoch_at_nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:05:18 +0000
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:56:08 +0000, Andy Jones
<andypandy00@antispam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks for all your comments.
>
>Unfortunately, being the new Kid on the block, Employees including
>Senior Management, have just told me to stop stiring trouble.
>
>I could have already dug my own grave.
>
>But WinMx/Kazza are causing me bandwidth issues, and server space
>where users are storing the files are causing my backups to fail.
Then simply explain that the next time you cannot restore a file that one of
these pillocks have deleted by accident because of the amount of pirated
material being stored on their servers.
>In an organisation with very little IT budget, no AUP - it's
>difficult!
>
>The PC's are Win98 so there is little I can do to stop them,
>installing applications, they bring applications in using USB Key
>drives and take MP3s away with them etc
That does indeed make things a little difficult.
>I've used Policies to stop them, running applications, but they just
>rename the *.exes.
Unbelievable. To be honest these people should be fired on the spot.
>No money to change OS, or purchase other Win98 software. But I might
>try DNS Redirector 3.0 which may stop the WinMx, Kazza! It's s start!
>
>I'll purchae this out of my own pocket at $60, this will certainly
>give the p2p applications a run for their money.
>
>We currently have a Netpilot Proxy, but it's doesn't authenticate
>against Active Directory, and it would take me many hours to create
>all the 1000 userids. Out the moment they all use the same
>username/password to access the net, so it's difficult to trace which
>pc/user is downloading inapproiate material.
>
>and there's no way of stoping it from Kazza etc hence original
>question.
>
>AJ
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