The easiest way to circumvent the whole napster problem is to put into
effect a security policy that states that anyone caught downloading .mp3's
and anything else similar in function will be held accountable with their
jobs etc. Just make sure you get the backing of the big-wigs before you go
yelling.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Kell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tom Pruneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Dorroh, Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Napster Question
> Tom Pruneau wrote:
> >
> > How about just permitting established connections. That should do
> > it, only allowing responses to you requests
>
> You're missing the point. Napster can work around much of this. Scour
> certainly can (it has "push" capability, using an established
> connection), and Scour fully supports HTTP protocol. You would have to
> filter based on HTTP transfer, and MIME content-type to really block it
> completely.
>
> Blocking access to the "Napster" servers only blocks access to the index
> servers. Actual file transfers don't involve the Napster netblock
> (AFAIK). Then there is Napigator (out-of-band Napster index servers).
>
> It will likely only get worse :-(
>
> Jeff Kell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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