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Blocking Kazaa 2.0?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-when-it-becomes-a-nuisance dept.

coder_ asks: "Has anyone had success blocking the latest versions of this annoying P2P application in a network-wide context? Previously, people have been told to block a specific port, etc, yet as expected, Kazaa has found an easy solution to this. Apparently, when a connection via default port is not available, Kazaa makes encrypted http requests through port 80, making it rather difficult to now block. If anyone has had success in doing so, I would love to hear from you."

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  1. Fire 'em by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three suggestions:

    1. Ensure Kazaa can't be installed in the first place by locking down user rights.
    2. Fire anyone who has it installed.
    3. Give me their job.

    NOTE: I am not a SysAdmin, but these options are from a layman's POV.