[437] in resnet
Re: Morpheus & Disconnect Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Genung)
Tue Nov 27 13:59:03 2001
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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:45:52 -0600
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From: Scott Genung <sagenung@ILSTU.EDU>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
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At 01:04 PM 11/27/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Students were using Morpheus and it was creating disconnect
>problems with other programs such as ICQ, MSN Messenger, etc as
>well as disconnecting them before downloading a file was completed.
>Once we put a filter on to stop the use of Morpheus the disconnect
>problem was solved. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Yes. We have seen periods of time when file sharing applications such as
Kazaa, Morpheus, Gnutella, Audiogalaxy, and others were consuming so much
of our Internet capacity (even with QoS policies to shape their aggregate
volume) that we had to create new policies for applying bandwidth
reservations for other application classes. Otherwise, some applications
would experience bandwidth starvation. Instant messaging was one of these
classes.
>Are you aware of other programs that students are using to acquire
>MP3 files? and Do you allow them to use them on your server?
It's important to understand that most of these applications go beyond
sharing just MP3s - they share video and image formats as well. The list of
applications is as long as your arm. The most common that we're seeing
right now are those mentioned above. Beyond that list, we have seen
Aimster, DirectConnect, Limewire, Hotline, Yaga, and CuteMX on occasion.
There's plenty more of them out there than that.
>Do you limit either daily, weekly, monthly the amount of space the
>students can use on your server?
It's not a server issue. It's a bandwidth issue. We limit the aggregate
volume that these applications can consume.
>Do you restrict students from using certain programs at different times of
>the day?
We are working on that now. We will eventually introduce day of week
policies as well.
Scott Genung
Manager of Networking Systems
Telecommunications and Network Support Services
Illinois State University
(309)438-8731 http://www.tnss.ilstu.edu
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