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Kazaa port blocked! HELP!!

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lt529

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I'm in college right now, and apparently they have blocked port 80 I think thats the one that kazaa uses, I was wondering is there anyway around it?
I'm using kazaa lite 2.0 right now.

I dont know how, but somehow I connected to kazaa last night, but now I am not having any luck. Please help.
 
Trying to get around your university's firewall/default settings = not smart. You might want to contact the IT department to see what all is banned from use on their system.
 
BTW- port 80 is the port that your web traffic uses. Blocking it would seriously debilitate your computer from accessing the internet. They probably have some sort of package shaper in place if you were able to access it last night but can't access it now. I agree with Angrymarshmello- call the IT department and find out what you are allowed to do.
 
Ditto on the port 80...there's no way they've blocked port 80 in general. Also, Kazaa is extremely difficult to block because it selects ports to use at random.
 
Originally posted by: IceNineJon
Ditto on the port 80...there's no way they've blocked port 80 in general. Also, Kazaa is extremely difficult to block because it selects ports to use at random.
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Its very easy to block. Just the click of a button.

Deny kazza? - why yes, thank you.

All forms of kazza no matter what port it uses. Its based on the application itself, not port numbers. Same for all of the P2P programs.
 
I'm talking about blocking it on a router level/network level...not on a software firewall on your computer or something. A router/network doesn't know what application the traffic is going to/from, just what port the data is going through.
 
Originally posted by: IceNineJon
I'm talking about blocking it on a router level/network level...not on a software firewall on your computer or something. A router/network doesn't know what application the traffic is going to/from, just what port the data is going through.
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I'm talking about the security perimeter or "edge" of the network. IE, where the internet access is.

That's where you put a good deal of security gear. One of those is a packet shaper (or 10) that drops all peer-2-peer traffic for the entire university.
 
Originally posted by: lt529
I'm in college right now, and apparently they have blocked port 80 I think thats the one that kazaa uses, I was wondering is there anyway around it?
I'm using kazaa lite 2.0 right now.

I dont know how, but somehow I connected to kazaa last night, but now I am not having any luck. Please help.
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learn to use the school intranet. it is much fast. find out what your school use. my friend got a DC hub there.

kazaa for lamers anyways
 
Originally posted by: Saltin
Its based on the application itself, not port numbers.
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Application name right? As in rename the app and away you go? Or is your firewall more clever than that?
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Its based on application behavior and commands. All protocols are a set of commands. HTTP GET, FTP PUT, SMTP HELO, KAZAA POST or KAZAA LIST are some examples.

So its truly based on application behavior at the protocol level.

Current applications that can be controled, updated with ever minor release.

http://www.packeteer.com/resources/prod-sol/ApplicationDiscovery.pdf

Its truly awesome at preventing the college kids from misusing university resources. Some unis have paid me serious mula to come up with a solution for this simple question -

"Please prevent our network from being misused by peer-2-peer".

Slap in a few packetshapers, an voila!

 
This is one of the perfect reasons for talking to other people in your dorm. Don't know anyone? Start talking to them, find out what they are into, and illegally share stuff that way. The RIAA will never know. You are not eating up more than a segment of the network at a time. And you should be able to get a wide variety of interresting stuff.

<<-- Too lazy to find a copy of his usual type of response or type a new one for this question. I need a n0cbot that looks for this question, and upon finding it posting my typical response... I guess it's that time of the year again.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Saltin
Its based on the application itself, not port numbers.
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Application name right? As in rename the app and away you go? Or is your firewall more clever than that?
Click to expand...

Its based on application behavior and commands. All protocols are a set of commands. HTTP GET, FTP PUT, SMTP HELO, KAZAA POST or KAZAA LIST are some examples.

So its truly based on application behavior at the protocol level.

Current applications that can be controled, updated with ever minor release.

http://www.packeteer.com/resources/prod-sol/ApplicationDiscovery.pdf

Its truly awesome at preventing the college kids from misusing university resources. Some unis have paid me serious mula to come up with a solution for this simple question -

"Please prevent our network from being misused by peer-2-peer".

Slap in a few packetshapers, an voila!
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I want one!
 
They're pretty reasonable depending on the thruput needed. Give 'em a call.

You could even use it as a selling point for your services.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
They're pretty reasonable depending on the thruput needed. Give 'em a call.

You could even use it as a selling point for your services.
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I meant for my house. 😛

Don't need one for work yet. Luckily.
 
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