skype is similar to p2p. lots and lots of connections to home dsl lines. or
it might be some sort of minimalist trojan :-)

sai


On 3/10/08, Michel Servaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I didn't think of filtering out P2P traffic, I actually wanted to detect
> it... (but now you gave me an idea about filtering, I'm considering it :) )
> I installed ntop instread, and a certain user is completely over the hill
> (in my point of view - he has more than 200 connections (a lot to dynamic
> ADSL connections)) - and this user still tells me he is not torrenting or
> whatever...
>
> The only thing I can think of (if he is not lying to me), is that his
> computer is infested with spyware ?
> The only odd thing is, that this user has about 500KB of data sent every
> hour, so that isn't really torrent anyway - but still it is akward, that he
> has such a lot of connections anyway - isn't it ?
>
> sai schreef:
>
> I think that there is a bug in the bandwidthd package. the xml states that
> bandwidthd REQUIRES pfsense 2.0
>
> this package will NOT filter out p2p, it will just try to detect
> it. not suitable for blocking the p2p. you might want to try snort for that.
>
> sai
>
>
> On 3/8/08, Michel Servaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I have installed pfSense 1.2 onto the box.
> > I already tried another on the list of the pfSense packages, the ntop
> > version, which also seems to give me the details I need (this ntop
> > interface indicates that he is using P2P, can I say with 100%
> > probability he is actually P2P-ing, or should this be taken into
> > consideration)
> >
> > thank you for your reply
> >
> > ps. i was trying to install bandwidthd that came with the packages to
> > install in pfsense itself... it states bandwidthd BETA 2.0.1.1 -
> > platform 1.0
> >
> > Ugo Bellavance schreef:
> >
> > > Michel Servaes wrote:
> > >> I was intrested in this application, since it filters out P2P
> > traffic.
> > >> I have some collegues which I am sure that they take over their
> > >> computer at home, and do a lot of P2P'ing... I want to have an
> > >> overview of this situation !
> > >>
> > >> I have pfSense 1.2 installed, which works fine (besides not being
> > >> able to build an ipsec tunnel to a dynamic ip (using dyndns)), but
> > >> yesterday evening I saw numerous connections on my pfSense box, which
> > >> all pointed to my collegue's computer - so I confronted him, telling
> > >> him he should use p2p software at home, but he denied using that at
> > >> the office.
> > >>
> > >> But when trying to install this bandwidth package - using the +
> > >> option, it tells me that it failed... I am a noob on BSD stuff, so if
> > >> I should do it manually then i'd probably be lost anyway ;)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thank you for your time
> > >> Michel
> > >
> > > What version are you using?
> > >
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