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Re: DMCA (Ares and other)
From: Russell Fulton <r.fulton () AUCKLAND AC NZ>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:51:41 +1200
There are two different cases for us. For residence we have simply banned p2p (with the exception of skype) we use packet fence to enforce this policy and it works well for us. Students bitch a bit but the only ones with a sustainable argument are those who want to use BT to download game updates. [I'm not directly responsible for the resnet thank heavens]. For the campus network we have a very strict policy about copyright infringement which is rigorously enforced by me :( Sigh... We do not ban p2p application (with the exception of Kazaa because of its association with spyware) but anyone observed (by snort) using p2p apps for more than a token time period gets a letter setting out the university's copyright policy and consequences of breaching it. The letter also tells the user that if their use is legitimate then they can let us know what they are doing and how it fits with their job/studies. We did actually have one group who had a legit use for Limewire -- they were researching software piracy and using Limewire to see how many of a set list of software titles they could locate. The other group who get exemptions are folk using BT to download legit software (these are mostly IT staff and a few academics in CS). I now send about one letter a week and usually that is all it takes. We have never had to invoke disciplinary measures. Most offenders fall into one of two categories "Oh, I've just arrived and did not know about the policy" and the "I had the kids in yesterday afternoon and parked them in front of the computer while I was doing ...." Ares has never really caught on here, we see it on the resnet occasionally -- two alerts before their network access disappears, but I've seen very little on the campus network. R Scholz, Greg wrote:
Our largest problem so far this year has been Ares file sharing and it has been a substantial one. We are looking to find out what other schools are doing to affect Ares on the network: 1) Has Ares been a problem for you this year? 2) Do you block Ares? 3) Do you shape P2P? 4) Do you block P2P? 5) Any other /technical/ solution for combating the illegal use and/or network impact of P2P and/or Ares? 6) When did you start doing any of the above? 7) Any numbers you are willing to share? (if I share any off list comments back to list I will merge them to keep them unidentifiable) a. Violations? b. Total on campus student count (for ratio)? _________________________ /Thank you,/ /Gregory R. Scholz/ /Lead Network Engineer/ Information Technology Group Keene State College (603)358-2070 --Lead, follow, or get out of the way. (author unknown)
Current thread:
- DMCA (Ares and other) Scholz, Greg (Sep 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Rick Coloccia (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Roger Safian (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Julian Y. Koh (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Rick Coloccia (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Rob Whalen (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Michael Bean (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Russell Fulton (Sep 18)
- Re: DMCA (Ares and other) Jason Richardson (Sep 19)