comp.security.firewalls archive
Re: Block Bittorrent client
From: Ryan P. <rpaque@delete.this.part.wi.rr.com>
Date: Thu Feb 09 2006 - 16:51:40 CET
Date: Thu Feb 09 2006 - 16:51:40 CET
Jason wrote:
>>Bit Torrent is a very good P2P network, and should be supported.
>>
>>Yours,
>>VB.
>
>
> Yes it is however I bet you can't give me 5 examples of it being used
> for the use it was designed for where as I can list 100's of examples of
> it being used to get warez. I suspect this may be the OPs reason for
> wanting it to be blocked.
Whie you are right, and I'm sure 65% of general BT use is for warez...
there are plenty of freeware programs that use BT as a distribution
option, as well as a handful of music sites with full permission of the
artists/authors/composers to distribute.
Ryan
(I think the other 30% of illegal use is for downloading of TV shows)
Received on Mon May 1 00:49:52 2006