Brother is running bittorrent, how can i restrict access....

[AznMaverick]

Currently, I have a DSL router from verizon (Westell Versalink). I also have symantec firewall installed on the client PC, which pretty much won't do much because he can just disable it. What can i do to prevent someone from download things off bittorrent? I'm just sacred that my parents will be held responsible if my brother downloaded something that was copyrighted...

 

[SleepWalkerX]

check your router for any options to restrict ports by logging in. you can do this by opening command prompt (start --> run --> cmd) and then type 'ipconfig'. then take a look at your 'Default Gateway'. type that address in ie or firefox or whatever (it usually looks like 192.168.X.X). then type in the right username/password.

if it doesn't have any, which is most likely since its a dsl router from your isp, then you might have to buy a seperate router for him to plug in to and restrict ports from there or go on his computer and mess with his settings. i would recommend you at least tell him about the safepeer plugin if he's using azureus.

 

[Tazanator]

Well I got a commercial router and just put in filters .. now anything to do with peer 2 peer sharing gets speeds equal to dial up... everything else no problems.

 

[Nothinman]

BitTorrent ports can be changed easily to get around any restrictions you put in place.

 

[AznMaverick]

he doesn't use azureus, he uses bittorrent. I wish this stupid router had better filters, i tried forwarding the ports to another ip, that's about all i can do with this stupid thing. dang it.

 

[Nothinman]

You won't be able to filter just bittorrent, as I said you can change the ports it uses very easily. The only real solution is to disallow all NAT traffic and install an application level proxy that will only allow HTTP.

 

[kevnich2]

Windows AD Server and disable installing of programs (probably overkill but it would work)

 

[AznMaverick]

yea, i wish i could do that, i just want to create a situation that would look like it was the fault of the modem...and he won't point fingers at me...haha. thanks for the input guys.