Do torrents run through any encryption yet? Almost everything that end users will do over the internet has some sort encryption capability. I imagine the rules of router or appliance would be based on the port if the application cannot be read from the payload.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:51 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:5:206109 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
