Re: gamer clubs

[Patrick Menard <pmenard () UNL EDU>]

I'm not sure if it still an issue, but a number of years ago there were concerns about file sharing and students 
setting up gaming servers.  The solution put in place at the time was to have an incoming quota on traffic originating 
from off-campus.  If an IP hit that quota, it was put into a bandwidth-throttled segment for the rest of the day, with 
the quota resetting at 5 am.

The result was that for those students consuming lots of traffic, the network would get a huge spike at 5 am, which 
would gradually diminish by about 7 am after all the big offenders hit the limit and were put in the throttled segment. 
  I think there were fewer than 100 IP's (out of about 10,000 students) affected each day, and the network performance 
for the rest of the student network improved as a result.

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Oachs
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 4:18 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] gamer clubs

What is your reasoning for blocking games on your network?  Is this a dorm/res-hall network or and academic network or 
something else?

I like to think of our dorm network as my home.  If I was living in the dorm what kind of network access would I want?  
Would I be upset if my games didn't work?  Most definitely.  We do our best to not block anything on our dorm network 
unless there is a really good reason to.  And as far as I am aware, our students have no issues with using our network 
to play games of all kinds.

    Thanks,
        Dan Oachs
        Gustavus Adolphus College

On 04/05/2016 03:55 PM, Sprague, Randy wrote:
Hello, I have been requested to provide connectivity for a gamer club using the college's network and internet 
connection. What are others doing? Am I over reacting by not allowing such activity?
Thanks much,

Randy Sprague
Enterprise and Infrastructure Manager
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College