savvy users will use a different port. if your goal is to say "we block bit torrent", this shouldnt matter. if your goal is to actually block bit torrent or successfully enforce security policy, this may not be sufficient.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:32 AM, suresh suresh <suresh.notion...@gmail.com>wrote: > if we disable the bit torrent using traffic shapers.. bit torrent will be > block or what will happen.please help me > > Thank you, > > Regards, > Suresh > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Ian Bowers <iggd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> pfsense is the freebsd, so one way or another you can install the snort. >> there is a pfsense package for it though for easy installation and >> maintenance. you may want to google IDS and how to tune it before deploying >> it. IDS isn't something you want to walk into blind. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:04 AM, suresh suresh < >> suresh.notion...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> we can install the snort in pfsense 1.2.3? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Ian Bowers <iggd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You won't find much success in trying to block bittorrent with a >>>> firewall. Your best bet is to use IDS (eg: snort) or another sort of >>>> categorization software or appliance to identify who is using bittorrent >>>> and >>>> deal with them at layer 8 via company security policy. Torrenting is one >>>> place where you simply cannot deploy a fire-and-forget solution and hope >>>> for >>>> it to actually work. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> -Ian >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM, suresh suresh < >>>> suresh.notion...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> how to block the bit torrent in my nlan network.. and how to block the >>>>> websites,and how to block the websites except some lan connection. please >>>>> help me. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> suresh >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
