I'm not the network guy, but he doesn't always filter by port. He has the ability to filter by the application name, or so he tells me.
M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Those that said it would not happen :Net Neutrality voted down by congress. ** Private ** wrote: > Call it "Bandwidth Throttling". We do not block any content since we > are a liberal arts school. However, we do throttle the bandwidth for > content such as that for file sharing applications. And how do you know that it is file sharing? That requires knowledge layer 4 and higher. Knowledge you don't have if people run encryption let alone IPSec (then you don't even know the TCP ports anymore). Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206091 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
