2015-11-23 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Re: Block Ports / Torrents

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From: Edward Allen <yb***j@gmail.com>
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UTC Datetime: 2015-11-23 19:07:31 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:07:31 -0500

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Honestly if your providing a service then you shouldn't be restricting same
service unless its to prevent liability, even more so if its paid.

torrents can be a real headache but if you use limits then certainly the
user will be blocked when he/she exceed those limits.

Just saying there may be other ways around having to block stuffs. Actually
it will affect user experience and resource requirements in a negative way,
and in the end you may still fail, think of a user using tor network.


On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Timothy White <ti***8@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you have a read of http://security.stackexchange.com/a/42146 you'll
> get an idea why just blocking some ports won't do anything.
>
> This really isn't something that can be solved on the technical side. If
> you make a really restrictive internet connection (only port 80, which goes
> via Squid), then maybe you can block it.
>
> The real question is, how restricted does the internet need to become for
> your normal clients (i.e. is it still usable), to block someone abusing the
> system?
>
> Blocking ports in the admin interface is still an open feature request,
> it's not going to happen anytime soon unless someone else contributes the
> code for it.
>
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Derek Mitchell <
> de***k@masterlinkcomputers.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ramiro, No I have not resolved this as yet. Still looking for a
>> solution.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Derek
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Ramiro A. Manzano C. [mailto:r.***s@ieee.org]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 November 2015 3:33 AM
>> *To:* Grase Hotspot
>> *Subject:* [GRASE-Hotspot] Re: Block Ports / Torrents
>>
>>
>>
>> hi Derek,
>>
>> do you resolve that?
>> i appreciate if you can share the info...
>> regard from Dominican Republic
>> Ramiro Manzano
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 11:00:45 PM UTC-4, Derek Mitchell wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tim, I am looking for a way to block ports (mainly torrents). Is it
>> still on the agenda to add an interface into the admin section to select
>> all ports allowed, or a selection of ports allowed? If so will this be
>> enough to block torrents? If any one has had success in blocking torrents I
>> would be keen to know how this can be done.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Derek
>>
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