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Bit Torrent on College Network

Asked by jtwestmo in Peer to Peer, Internet, Networking, Cisco PIX Firewall, Network Software Firewalls

Tags: Bit Torrent Blocking

I am network admin for a small college network, around 2000 students. In the dorm rooms we provide internet access to the students. Over the past 6 months or so we have gotten a couple of copyright infringement notices about movies being downloaded. I am looking for advice on the best way to handle this situation. We currently have a Cisco PIX firewall and no proxy so the students have direct access to the internet.
Do I need to start pushing students through a proxy so I can log which student/dorm room was the one pulling the file? The notice only list the public IP so I currently have no way to tie the notice to an internal IP address. If so any one got any suggestions on a good proxy program for this?
Or is there an easy way using the PIX to block the torrent traffic? My understanding of bit torrents is they can operate on a number of different ports including port 80.
Some direction on this would be helpful. We have a network policy against this type of traffic but I need some way of enforcing it.

Thanks for the help

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Bit Torrent on College Network

Asked by jtwestmo in Peer to Peer, Internet, Networking, Cisco PIX Firewall, Network Software Firewalls

Tags: Bit Torrent Blocking

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