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by mcbane

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What is a good resource on describing types of traffic through various ports, where can we find info on how to block those ports from bandwidth intensive programs. I.E Napster,MSN Messenger,yahoo,Aol and streaming audio/video?

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by mcbane

Do not have the time to dig for all that we need but it is a good idea and will keep looking.

by janmann

You can piece together a lot of answers from various books, web sites, etc., but there's not a single discrete source that we know of. We've looked hard, too. In the specific case of Napster, the connection seeks any open port, therefore it apparently can't be blocked via port blocking procedures. We stop traffic to it by blocking out the site via the X-Stop sofware add-in to our Firewall. However, that won't work with Gnutella and such because there is no discrete site to stop, nor are there discrete ports to block. Welcome to a very complicated world...

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