From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 18:30:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FDB516A47C for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4046D44055 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:13:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin05-en2 [10.13.10.150]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kBEIFV6c027536; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:15:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from [17.214.13.96] (a17-214-13-96.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kBEIEdZp025580; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:14:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6199c3dc0612140941n48832de0id6710f3f3e98345d@mail.gmail.com> References: <6199c3dc0612140941n48832de0id6710f3f3e98345d@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:14:39 -0800 To: Benjamin Adams X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: freebsd-net Subject: Re: stop bittorrents X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:30:40 -0000 On Dec 14, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Benjamin Adams wrote: > employees are killing the network with torrents. anyone know a > company where > I can get a box to monitor traffic and kill torrents. Thanks > > PS Not looking to build a firewall this time. If you plan to restrict network traffic, then you're looking to use a firewall. If you don't want to build one, there are lots of companies that will sell them, but aside from Monowall and maybe the Nokia IP firewalls which use FreeBSD, the rest (ie, Cisco PIX/ASA, Sonicwall, etc) use other platforms and are off-topic. You could also start with enforcing your companies' policies on computer & network usage. If you fire people who are using torrents after they've been warned not to, you'll solve the problem at the source. -- -Chuck