full-disclosure - Blocking Music Sharing.

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Message-ID: <20030915132723.F36362-100000@birmingham-infragard.org>
From: daniel_clemens at autism.birmingham-infragard.org (daniel uriah clemens)
Subject: Blocking Music Sharing.

Snort is passive, therefore it does not defaulty block anything it merely
alerts upon the ruleset you have setup.

Snort-Inline can work in a more active mode.

-Dan
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Jason Bethune wrote:

> Snort is one tool used by alot of IT guys to block file sharing programs.
> THe trouble with these programs is that they have built in port "movers"
> that will scan the local network to find an available port to work on.
> Scripting is one way to do it....but that mostly just alerts you to the fact
> that there is traffice being used on your network for file sharing. I would
> like to know an exact way to block file sharing as well...
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> Jason Bethune
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> IT Specialist
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>   _____
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> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Johnson, Mark
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:37 PM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Blocking Music Sharing.
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> Due to the legal issues, I am trying to block access to sites like Kazaa and
> Limewire in the office.  If I am not mistaken, these networks can use
> different ports each time, so there is no way to block it at the firewall.
> Is this right?  And if so, what is the best way to block access to these
> types of sites?
>
> Many thanks,
> Mark J.
>

-Daniel Uriah Clemens

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