Blocking Or Limiting Kazaa

[HaryPotter_9x]

I am trying to block or limit the bandwidth used by Kazaa (2.x or higher) on my network. I don't want to completely block access, but the current usage is slowing all access to a crawl. I have tried blocking port 1214 with no success. The Kazaa client can still find a connection on port 80 (HTTP) or any unblocked port. I guess version 2.x and higher can dynamically find a port to connect on. I guess the real question is : Is there any way to effectively control Kazaa usage?

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[xadun007]

Bandwidth Quotas per IP address / Per protocol, which is possible using things like MS ISA server.

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1. We started experimenting with rate limiting the newer apps by port, although we just left Napster blocked
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3. On home computers and small (5 users or less) networks - block KaZaA, block MSN Messenger, block Buddy, block Yahoo Messenger, block AOL messenger
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9. The purpose of this was to verify Kazaa wasn't "sneaking through"

[power_of_love]

Thanks, but, is there any way to do it using standard firewall techniques? My company isn't willing (at this point) to purchase anymore crap.

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1. I have put this to the people who released kazaa lite but they just say
2. PeerCache will dramatically reduce bandwidth costs without blocking or throttling the end-user experience
3. Support P2P application blocking, rate limiting and online updating of features
4. Currently, some of the net address-blocking tools are not perfect as the range of addresses they knock out can be very wide and stop some
5. In fact the only way block or severely restrict Kazaa's performance is to block every port but the ports the applications you use connect with
6. Then, limiting *all* other ports on your network and pointing a browser to port the proxy port
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[etzekiel]

Well what firewalling software do you use.

A well designed (as in the rule set) firewall should block EVERYTHING, and only allow through what is needed.

And why is your company allowing ANY access? Dont they realise the legal implications of sharing illegal media?

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[gameboy002]

what firewall are u using now? i thought that blocking the 1214 port would prohibit transfers...but not kazaa conections (i could be wrong tho)

you could also just send out a big nasty memo saying no more kazaa, and uninstall it from everyone's computer. i mean, if it's a company setup, you should be able to march in there and get rid of kazaa.

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